An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, 第 1 巻Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... inch instead of by the foot or by the yard , insects are deemed too insignificant parts of the creation , and of too little consequence to its general welfare , to ren- der them worthy of any serious attention or study , What small ...
... inch instead of by the foot or by the yard , insects are deemed too insignificant parts of the creation , and of too little consequence to its general welfare , to ren- der them worthy of any serious attention or study , What small ...
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... inch long , and a quarter of an inch in diameter , proceeded the butterfly before you , which covers a sur- face of nearly four inches square . Almost every insect which you see has undergone a transformation as singular and surprising ...
... inch long , and a quarter of an inch in diameter , proceeded the butterfly before you , which covers a sur- face of nearly four inches square . Almost every insect which you see has undergone a transformation as singular and surprising ...
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... inches of wall " . Our great poet Spenser seems to have witnessed a similar appearance of them , which furnished him with the following beautiful simile : As when a swarme of gnats at eventide Out of the fennes of Allan doe arise ...
... inches of wall " . Our great poet Spenser seems to have witnessed a similar appearance of them , which furnished him with the following beautiful simile : As when a swarme of gnats at eventide Out of the fennes of Allan doe arise ...
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... inches in length , and three quarters of an inch in width , having ninety- five legs on each side , the first eight of which are armed with double claws , and two inches of the tail being without legs . It may form a distinct genus ...
... inches in length , and three quarters of an inch in width , having ninety- five legs on each side , the first eight of which are armed with double claws , and two inches of the tail being without legs . It may form a distinct genus ...
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... inch long , were discovered in the mucus expelled after a severe fit of coughing by a lady afflicted with a pulmonary disease ; and similar larvæ of a smaller size were once afterwards discharged in the same way . No one would suppose ...
... inch long , were discovered in the mucus expelled after a severe fit of coughing by a lady afflicted with a pulmonary disease ; and similar larvæ of a smaller size were once afterwards discharged in the same way . No one would suppose ...
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Acari Acarus amongst animals ant-lion ants Aphides appear attack bees beetle birds body Bombyx butterfly called caterpillar cause Cecidomyia cells Coccus Coleoptera colour combs common composed construction covered creatures deposited described destroy devour Diptera earth eggs employed Entomology Estrus feed feet female flies flowers former furnished galls Geer genus grain grubs habitations head Hist hole honey Huber Hymenoptera Ichneumon inch inhabitants injury insects kind labour larva larvæ Latr Latreille leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera letter Linn Linné locusts maggots mandibles moth Mouffet Musca nature nest object observed occasion oviposit perfect Phthiriasis plants PLATE prey probably produced pupa quadrupeds ravages Reaum Reaumur resembling scarcely seems side silk similar singular Sir Joseph Banks skin sometimes species spider sting substance swarms threads Tinea tion Trans trees tribe vegetable wasps whole wings wood young
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222 ページ - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
424 ページ - The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal •wood; The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line...
223 ページ - 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.
56 ページ - The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
223 ページ - 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.
223 ページ - But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done great things.
222 ページ - 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.
313 ページ - But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket, puling fly, The piping gnat for minstrelsy. And now, we must imagine first, The elves present, to quench his thirst, A pure seed-pearl of infant dew, Brought and...
223 ページ - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining...
176 ページ - ... and, what is most remarkable and without parallel, the sexual intercourse of one original pair serves for all the generations which proceed from the female for a whole succeeding year.