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Page 18
... nearly soft and mem- branous . But they are besides covered with a vis- cous fluid , which appears to ooze out chiefly from under the wings , and which , very soon drying , forms the exterior hard shell . At first the anten- næ , wings ...
... nearly soft and mem- branous . But they are besides covered with a vis- cous fluid , which appears to ooze out chiefly from under the wings , and which , very soon drying , forms the exterior hard shell . At first the anten- næ , wings ...
Page 21
... nearly as white as silver . " Respecting the gradual manner in which the va- rious limbs of a butterfly are developed in the milky fluid with which the body of a newly - disclosed chrysalis is filled , and in which the rudiments of its ...
... nearly as white as silver . " Respecting the gradual manner in which the va- rious limbs of a butterfly are developed in the milky fluid with which the body of a newly - disclosed chrysalis is filled , and in which the rudiments of its ...
Page 22
... nearly eighteen , and the other nearly nineteen grains ; at the end of sixteen days , when they were ready to become butterflies , he found that the light- est weighed more than seventeen , and the heaviest more than eighteen grains ...
... nearly eighteen , and the other nearly nineteen grains ; at the end of sixteen days , when they were ready to become butterflies , he found that the light- est weighed more than seventeen , and the heaviest more than eighteen grains ...
Page 35
... the same species , some not being above an inch and a third across the wings , while others are nearly three inches in expanse ; but the fact is , that there are numerous distinct CH . 11. ] METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS . 35.
... the same species , some not being above an inch and a third across the wings , while others are nearly three inches in expanse ; but the fact is , that there are numerous distinct CH . 11. ] METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS . 35.
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... nearly two hundred specimens in less than half an hour , as they suc- cessively approached the bramble - bush where I had taken up my position . " It will be observed that the insects were not confined to a single spot , but ex- tended ...
... nearly two hundred specimens in less than half an hour , as they suc- cessively approached the bramble - bush where I had taken up my position . " It will be observed that the insects were not confined to a single spot , but ex- tended ...
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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.