 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened...  The Evolution of Sex - Page 275by Sir Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson - 1889 - 322 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Madame Guizot (Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline) - 1849 - 182 pages
...them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain without fear; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...warmeth them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. d do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth or h her's : her labour is in vain without fear ; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1850 - 458 pages
...defect of natural affection in the ostrich, may be well applied to the bird we are talking of: — " She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : " Because GOD hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding."* Query.... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1850 - 570 pages
...them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : her labor is in vain without fear ; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted... | |
 | Emily Elizabeth Willement - 1850 - 138 pages
...warmeth them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without fear; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 pages
...them in the dust ; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. Her labour is in vain ; without fear, because God hath deprived her of wisdom ; neither has he imparted... | |
 | 1850 - 830 pages
...X op, the feathers of the stork and ostrich. tjtor, setteth up. man's ignorance and imbecility. 10 g, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, her's: her labour is in vaiu without fear ; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither1* hath... | |
 | 1850 - 492 pages
...warmeth them in dust, and forgettcth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's : her labour is in vain without fear." Some persons believe that in very hot latitudes the ostrich... | |
 | John Henderson - 1851 - 342 pages
...sun. What was said of the ostrich by an ancient and sublime writer, may be well applied to her : " She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding." Job xxxix.... | |
 | 1851 - 668 pages
...the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is 'hardened against her young ones, • as though they were not hers: ' her labor is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath u deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he... | |
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