The World of Insects: A Guide to Its WondersJ. Van Voorst, 1856 - 244 páginas |
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... never transmuted into another . The idea of identity and permanence of species lies at the root of all Natural History science : once lose this and we are hopelessly at sea , without rudder or compass , having not only no port to steer ...
... never transmuted into another . The idea of identity and permanence of species lies at the root of all Natural History science : once lose this and we are hopelessly at sea , without rudder or compass , having not only no port to steer ...
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... never , if you wish to catch it . Strike with your ring - net rapidly below the flower , raising your hand and turning your wrist at the same moment . There you have it - Sphinx Convolvuli ! Look , what a living glory , its eyes like ...
... never , if you wish to catch it . Strike with your ring - net rapidly below the flower , raising your hand and turning your wrist at the same moment . There you have it - Sphinx Convolvuli ! Look , what a living glory , its eyes like ...
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... never tried the same flower twice . He says , " Even though it shall have sipped at fifty of these little fountains of nectar between two of its visits to any particular flower , and though on the second visit it shall approach that ...
... never tried the same flower twice . He says , " Even though it shall have sipped at fifty of these little fountains of nectar between two of its visits to any particular flower , and though on the second visit it shall approach that ...
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... ( never more ) in the very centre of the future flower . Another examination with her feelers now takes place ; and when she is thoroughly satisfied that all is right , away she flies to perform the same operation again and again , never ...
... ( never more ) in the very centre of the future flower . Another examination with her feelers now takes place ; and when she is thoroughly satisfied that all is right , away she flies to perform the same operation again and again , never ...
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... never again tasting the more common pulp which hitherto had satisfied his unsophisticated palate ; now nothing less than the highly - flavoured , aromatic kernels will suit his tooth , and on these for a few days he feasts in luxury ...
... never again tasting the more common pulp which hitherto had satisfied his unsophisticated palate ; now nothing less than the highly - flavoured , aromatic kernels will suit his tooth , and on these for a few days he feasts in luxury ...
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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.