 | 1792 - 710 pages
...too uniform to be explained confidently on any othrr fuppofition. It was faid of old, that "the flork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle, and the crane, and the (wallow, obferve the time of their coming." But this may be thought an obfolete authority from... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 500 pages
...the Creator ! In wifdom has he made them all. The earth is full of his riches. Through him, the ftork in the heavens knowe'th her appointed time; and the turtle, and the crane, and the fwallow, obferve the time of their coming. Jer. viii. 7. May our attendance on every mean of... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1806 - 342 pages
...this emigration of birds. The first is, that they know exactly the time when they ought to return. "The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time; and the turtle, and the cranr, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming." Undoubtedly the temperature of the air,... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1820 - 402 pages
...claim our attention; they know exactly the time when to return, and the direction they are to take. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming."* No doubt the temperature of the air, and the natural... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1818 - 308 pages
...a timely flight, to a region more congenial to their nature, and more friendly to their existence. The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle, the crane, and the swallow, observe the .time of their coming: — Instinct alone leads these birds... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...foliage in our region reappear, and winter's desolating reign be again succeeded by returning spring. "The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming." The mountains, so lately covered with herbage, and... | |
 | 1812 - 1006 pages
...region re- appears, and Winter's defolating reign be again fucceeded by returning Spring. " The ftork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle, and the crane, and the fwallow, obferve the time of theii coming."f This filence among the feathered tribes is a fit... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1823 - 382 pages
...claim our attention ; they know exactly the time when to return, and the direction they are to take. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming*." No doubt the temperature of the air, and the natural... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1824 - 278 pages
...emigration of birds : the first is the exact knowledge they possess of the proper season for their return. "The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming." The temperature of the air is, no doubt, one of... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...notice of the coming of the Swallow, in common with that of several other known birds of passage : Yea, the Stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow, observe the time of their coming. Anacreon not only notices the migration of this... | |
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The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming*. 
