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" Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm. "
The History of the County of Derby - Page 178
by Stephen Glover - 1829
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 3

William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 624 pages
...(which renders them less an object of attention,) and from their numbers and fecundity. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds which are...
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Amphibious animals

William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1805 - 622 pages
...Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link iu the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds that are supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed...
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Rural Sports, Volume 2

William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1812 - 654 pages
...their effect, as well from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention, as from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable Link, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm in the Chain of Nature ; for to say nothing of half the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 10

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...extremity of the earthworm, resembling a good deal the medullary matter of the brain *. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds which are...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 2

1829 - 642 pages
...render them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though iu appearance a small and despicable link in the chain...birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supjsirted by them, worms seem to be great promoters ot' vegetation — which would proceed but lamely...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1829 - 516 pages
...у in their effect from their minuteness, which render them !*•" an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in...make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half tb>birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1829 - 520 pages
...attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and df«picable link in the chain of Nature, yet, If lost, would make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half tile birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...Earth-worms, though in appearance a small iui« despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, wnul« make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half...birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely »upported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vei^ tation — which would proceed but lamely...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 4

William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...are mighty in their effects, from their numbers and fecundity. Dew-worms, in appearance, constitute a small and despicable link in the chain of nature ; yet, if this link were destroyed, it would make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of many species of...
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Morning Conversations of a Governess and Her Pupils; Or, an Attempt to ...

Mary Anne Cragg - Conduct of life - 1830 - 260 pages
...their effects, from the circumstance of their numbers and great fecundity. The garden or lob-worm, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, besides that half the birds and many small quadrupeds are supported...
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