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... taken as the standards of comparison . The insects to which we allude are those which live among grass and herbage , comprehending a few beetles ( Chrysomelidæ , & c . ) , most two - winged flies ( Diptera ) , and , if we mistake not ...
... taken as the standards of comparison . The insects to which we allude are those which live among grass and herbage , comprehending a few beetles ( Chrysomelidæ , & c . ) , most two - winged flies ( Diptera ) , and , if we mistake not ...
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... taken much care of , and strengthened from time to time with additional lines ; so that , when not accidentally broken , it may last for many days , and serve for the basis of many successive nets destroyed by entrapped in- sects , or ...
... taken much care of , and strengthened from time to time with additional lines ; so that , when not accidentally broken , it may last for many days , and serve for the basis of many successive nets destroyed by entrapped in- sects , or ...
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... taken which are not at other times to be met with : but before the storm comes on , all disappear , and you will scarcely see a single individual upon the wing . " They conjecture , that the organs destined for perceiving these electric ...
... taken which are not at other times to be met with : but before the storm comes on , all disappear , and you will scarcely see a single individual upon the wing . " They conjecture , that the organs destined for perceiving these electric ...
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... taken ill while he was eagerly studying the senses of insects , and was using a bitter decoction of wormwood , he ob- served a fly ( Musca domestica ) pounce upon a bit of sugar which had been accidentally moistened with the medicine ...
... taken ill while he was eagerly studying the senses of insects , and was using a bitter decoction of wormwood , he ob- served a fly ( Musca domestica ) pounce upon a bit of sugar which had been accidentally moistened with the medicine ...
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... taken into a hive of fir , at three o'clock in the afternoon , and removed to the place where it was to remain , at nine . About five the next morning the bees were found dead , * Bevan on Bees , p . 68 . † The Bees , a Poem , ii . 95 ...
... taken into a hive of fir , at three o'clock in the afternoon , and removed to the place where it was to remain , at nine . About five the next morning the bees were found dead , * Bevan on Bees , p . 68 . † The Bees , a Poem , ii . 95 ...
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Page 267 - But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Page 120 - tis night. That eye so finely wrought, Beyond the search of sense, the soar of thought, Now vainly asks the scenes she left behind; Its orb so full, its vision so confined! Who guides the patient pilgrim to her cell ? Who bids her soul with conscious triumph swell? With conscious truth retrace the mazy clue Of varied scents, that charmed her as she flew ? Hail, MEMORY, hail! thy universal reign Guards the least link of Being's glorious chain.
Page 80 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 120 - O'er thymy downs she bends her busy course, And many a stream allures her to its source. 'T is noon, 't is night. That eye so finely wrought, Beyond the search of sense, the soar of thought, Now vainly asks the scenes she left behind ; Its orb so full, its vision so confined ! Who guides the patient pilgrim to her cell...
Page 146 - ... frequently drowned in pans of water, milk, broth, or the like. Whatever is moist they affect; and therefore often gnaw holes in wet woollen stockings and aprons that are hung to the fire...
Page 97 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Page 79 - The livelong night : nor these alone, whose notes Nice-fingered art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks, and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles, screaming loud, The jay, the pie, and e'en the boding owl, That hails the rising moon, have charms for me.
Page 198 - Their murmuring small trompets sounden wide, Whiles in the aire their clustring army flies, That as a cloud doth seeme to dim the skies; Ne man nor beast may rest or take repast For their sharpe wounds, and noyous injuries, Till the fierce northerne wind with blustring blast Doth blow them quite away, and in the ocean cast.
Page 227 - Sorrowing we beheld The night come on ; but soon did night display More wonders than it veiled : innumerous tribes From the wood-cover swarmed, and darkness made Their beauties visible ; one while, they streamed A bright blue radiance upon flowers that closed Their gorgeous colours from the eye of day ; Now, motionless and dark, eluded search, Self-shrouded ; and anon, starring the sky, Rose like a shower of fire.
Page 178 - As the season advances, this hoariness increases, it becomes cottony, and toward the middle or end of summer, the under sides of some of the branches are invested with a thick, downy substance, so long as, at times, to be sensibly agitated by the air. Upon examining this substance, we find that it conceals a multitude of small, wingless creatures, which are busily employed in preying upon the limb of the tree beneath.