 | Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...to weave, it emits a fmall drop of its liquid againft the wall, which, hardening by degrees, ferves to hold the thread very firmly. Then, receding from...come to the place where the other end of the thread (hould be fixed, gathering up with its claws the thread which would otherwife be too flack, it is ftretched... | |
 | English literature - 1804 - 174 pages
...firmly. Then receding from the first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...firmly. Then receding from the first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 pages
...firmly. Then receding from the first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1820 - 514 pages
...firmly. Then receding From the first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 384 pages
...firmly. Then receding from the first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...firmly. Then receding from the first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...firmly. Then receding from its first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...firmly. Then receding from its first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with his claws the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is stretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...firmly. Then receding from its first point, as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the spider find credit for twenty ; but should he humbly only sue should be filed, gathering up with his claw» the thread which would otherwise be too slack, it is... | |
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In order to fix its thread when it begins to weave, it emits a small drop of its liquid against the wall, which hardening by degrees, serves to hold the thread very firmly. Then receding from... 
