 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
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1852 - 742 pages
...the dust ? " And forgetteth, that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde 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 depriveth her of wisdom, neither hath he... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1853 - 386 pages
...the 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.... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...in dust, 15 And forgettetb 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 her's : her labour is in vain without fear ; 1 7 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1854 - 382 pages
...especially when infants, or sick and helpless. Rom. i. 31. " Withont natural affection." Job xxxix. 16. " She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. 2. Too fond love, giving them their will, and subjecting themselves thereto ; together with partial... | |
 | 1854 - 590 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1854 - 538 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 Q-od hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding." f Query.... | |
 | William Graeme Rhind - 1855 - 384 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... | |
 | Lucy Barton - 1856 - 354 pages
...in the earth," 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... | |
 | 1856 - 1192 pages
...in dust, 15 And forgettetli 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 tier's : her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither/ hath... | |
 | 1856 - 806 pages
...eggs in the earth, but 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 her's: her labour is in vain without fear; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He... | |
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