The World of Insects: A Guide to Its WondersJ. Van Voorst, 1856 - 244 páginas |
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... observed as religiously as if it comprised the whole duty of man . Rather should it be , " The intervals of business must be attended to . " Business is a compulsory affair - a man's leisure is his own ; and for his own sake , as well ...
... observed as religiously as if it comprised the whole duty of man . Rather should it be , " The intervals of business must be attended to . " Business is a compulsory affair - a man's leisure is his own ; and for his own sake , as well ...
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... observation , and eventually of cautiousness in induction and gene- ralization ; all of which , besides their value as elements of mental discipline , are qualities service- able in an eminent degree in the business of life . Bonnet has ...
... observation , and eventually of cautiousness in induction and gene- ralization ; all of which , besides their value as elements of mental discipline , are qualities service- able in an eminent degree in the business of life . Bonnet has ...
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... observation , and one that would confer no mean honour upon the elucidator . Fleas love the dark , and their dislike to light , combined with their great muscular power , were the basis of the exhibitions of the " Industrious Fleas ...
... observation , and one that would confer no mean honour upon the elucidator . Fleas love the dark , and their dislike to light , combined with their great muscular power , were the basis of the exhibitions of the " Industrious Fleas ...
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... observe how he rises into the air boldly and without preparation ; put a man to make a leap as high as himself , and he must stoop for the spring to do it ; even a bird , although it has wings , must do the same thing ; but Herr Fly ...
... observe how he rises into the air boldly and without preparation ; put a man to make a leap as high as himself , and he must stoop for the spring to do it ; even a bird , although it has wings , must do the same thing ; but Herr Fly ...
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... observed one of them seize a bug , and he therefore concluded , and not without some show of reason , that the cockroaches ascended the curtains with this especial object , and that the minor and more odoriferous insect is a favourite ...
... observed one of them seize a bug , and he therefore concluded , and not without some show of reason , that the cockroaches ascended the curtains with this especial object , and that the minor and more odoriferous insect is a favourite ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abundant Acilius sulcatus Andrena animal antennæ ants Aphides appear apple attached attractive autumn bark beautiful become bees beetles bird brood burrows bushes butterflies captured caterpillars cells Claviger cocoon Coleophora Coleoptera collector colour common corticea creatures cultivation Diptera Dyschirius earth eating eggs elytra entomological entomologist eyes favourite female field flies flowers frequently galls garden Gelechia genera genus Geodephaga Geometrina Gracilaria grass ground grow grub habits heath hedges hole Hymenoptera inch inhabitants insect-life July June larva feeds larvæ latter leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera light Lithocolletis little moth live locality looking male Mickleham moss moths natural history Nepticula nest never night Noctuina Notodonta observed palings parasites perfect insect places plants Plusia probably pupa pupæ rare seen side small moths soon species specimens spot stems stones Stylops summer surface taken thorax tion trees trunk whitethorn wings winter wood Zoologist
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Página 234 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 77 - THE poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead ; That is the Grasshopper's — he takes the lead In summer luxury, — he has never done With his delights; for when tired out with fun He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
Página 76 - Green little vaulter in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole voice that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When even the bees lag at the summoning brass; And you, warm little housekeeper, who class With those who think the candles come too soon, Loving the fire, and with your tricksome tune Nick the glad silent moments as they pass; Oh sweet and tiny cousins, that belong, One to the fields, the other to the hearth...
Página 105 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass, the thicket...
Página 221 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
Página iv - Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.
Página 110 - Dis's waggon! daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength...
Página 74 - YE field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you, 'tis true, Yet, wildings of Nature, I dote upon you, For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teem'd around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold.
Página 80 - ... sweetness and melody, nor do harsh sounds always displease. We are more apt to be captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous.
Página 32 - Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view; Like a rose embowered In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflowered, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves.