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... Length of the Silk - Description of the Chrys- alis - The Moth - Its Habits - Number of Eggs , CHAPTER V. - HISTORY OF SILK , & c . History of its Fabrication - Several kinds of Worms reared in India and America - The Silk Company ...
... Length of the Silk - Description of the Chrys- alis - The Moth - Its Habits - Number of Eggs , CHAPTER V. - HISTORY OF SILK , & c . History of its Fabrication - Several kinds of Worms reared in India and America - The Silk Company ...
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... length , and are thickened towards the tip ; the joints of the abdomen are all likewise plainly indicated by the various indentations of the abdomen . The hinder legs and wings are not dis- coverable , because they lie under the ...
... length , and are thickened towards the tip ; the joints of the abdomen are all likewise plainly indicated by the various indentations of the abdomen . The hinder legs and wings are not dis- coverable , because they lie under the ...
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... length of time to bring all the various organs to a proper state of consist- ence , the period of bursting through the walls of its prison may often be easily ascertained ; the golden colour becomes indistinct , and , in those ...
... length of time to bring all the various organs to a proper state of consist- ence , the period of bursting through the walls of its prison may often be easily ascertained ; the golden colour becomes indistinct , and , in those ...
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... length of the body , until they acquire , O miracle of mira- cles ! in the short space of about half a quarter of an hour , their full extent and bigness , " the various spots and markings increasing in equal proportion . The ...
... length of the body , until they acquire , O miracle of mira- cles ! in the short space of about half a quarter of an hour , their full extent and bigness , " the various spots and markings increasing in equal proportion . The ...
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... length along the breast , are now curied into a beautiful spiral tube under the head , and the anten- næ , which were laid by the side of the legs beneath the body , are now stretched into the air , from the crown of the head upon which ...
... length along the breast , are now curied into a beautiful spiral tube under the head , and the anten- næ , which were laid by the side of the legs beneath the body , are now stretched into the air , from the crown of the head upon which ...
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Page 43 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
Page 175 - The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 7 - A DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, AND ITS INHABITANTS. With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers.
Page 137 - 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. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken, the danger is over ; The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.
Page 230 - Even so luxurious Men , unheeding , pass An idle summer life in fortune's shine , A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy, from vanity to vice; Till , blown away by death , oblivion comes Behind, and strikes them from the book of life.
Page 175 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Page 175 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 230 - Fierce Winter sweeps them from the face of day. Even so luxurious men, unheeding, pass An idle summer life in fortune's shine, A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy, from vanity to vice; Till, blown away by death, oblivion comes Behind, and strikes them from the book of life.
Page 175 - They shall run to and fro in the city ; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses ; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.