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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... "
The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ... - Page 171
1770
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Readings in Literature: Book One

Franklin Benjamin Dyer, Mary J. Brady - Readers - 1918 - 424 pages
...thread very firmly. Then, as the spider recedes from the first point, the thread lengthens ; and when it has come to the place where the other end of the thread should be fixed, gathering up with its claws the thread, which would otherwise be too slack, it stretches...
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The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741-1794

1779 - 774 pages
...to weave, it emits a fmall drop of its liquid again ft the wall, which, hardening by degrees, ferves to hold the thread very firmly. Then, receding from...as it recedes the thread lengthens ; and when the ipider has come to the place where the other end of the thread mould be fixed, gathering up with its...
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