An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, Band 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... body and its parts and members , considered in its great subdivisions of Head , Trunk , and Abdomen . In short , they may rest their claim of at least aiming at considerable improvement in this department upon the great number of new ...
... body and its parts and members , considered in its great subdivisions of Head , Trunk , and Abdomen . In short , they may rest their claim of at least aiming at considerable improvement in this department upon the great number of new ...
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... species of Phasma . d Papilio Io , L. e De Geer , I. t . 3. f . 1—34 , & c . Culex , L. Chironomus , Meig . , and other Tipulida . ' Pterophorus , F. of their bodies 2. - We admire with reason the INTRODUCTORY LETTER . 9.
... species of Phasma . d Papilio Io , L. e De Geer , I. t . 3. f . 1—34 , & c . Culex , L. Chironomus , Meig . , and other Tipulida . ' Pterophorus , F. of their bodies 2. - We admire with reason the INTRODUCTORY LETTER . 9.
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... bodies 2. - We admire with reason the coats of quadrupeds , whether their skins be covered with pile , or wool , or fur , yet are not perhaps aware that a vast va- riety of insects are clothed with all these kinds of hair , but ...
... bodies 2. - We admire with reason the coats of quadrupeds , whether their skins be covered with pile , or wool , or fur , yet are not perhaps aware that a vast va- riety of insects are clothed with all these kinds of hair , but ...
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... body . If we think with wonder of the populous cities which have employed the united labours of man for many ages to bring them to their full extent , what shall we say to the white ants , which require only a few months to build a ...
... body . If we think with wonder of the populous cities which have employed the united labours of man for many ages to bring them to their full extent , what shall we say to the white ants , which require only a few months to build a ...
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... body , must be blind indeed if he cannot , and perverse indeed if he will not , with the eye of the soul behold in all his glory the Almighty Workman , and feel disposed , with every power of his nature , to praise and magnify " Him ...
... body , must be blind indeed if he cannot , and perverse indeed if he will not , with the eye of the soul behold in all his glory the Almighty Workman , and feel disposed , with every power of his nature , to praise and magnify " Him ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acari Acarus amongst animal ant-lion ants Aphides appear attack bees beetle birds body Bombyx butterfly called caterpillar cause Cecidomyia cells Coccus cockchafer Coleoptera colour combs common composed construction covered creatures Curculio deposited 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 nature nest object observed occasion oviposit perfect Phthiriasis plants PLATE prey probably produced Ptinus 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 various vegetable wasps whole wings wood young
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Seite 219 - 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.
Seite 220 - 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...
Seite 390 - 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...
Seite 219 - 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.
Seite 220 - 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.
Seite 219 - 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.
Seite 377 - ... forefeet on the table on which the comb stood, and so with their hind feet kept the comb from falling. When these were weary others took their places. In this constrained and painful posture, fresh bees relieving their comrades at intervals, and each working in its turn, did these affectionate little insects support the comb for nearly three days : at the end of which they had prepared sufficient wax to build pillars with.
Seite 153 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Seite 216 - The column they composed, my friend was informed, extended five hundred miles; and so compact was it, when on the wing, that, like an eclipse, it completely hid the sun, so that no shadow was cast by any object, and some lofty tombs distant from his residence not more than two hundred yards were rendered quite invisible.
Seite 174 - ... 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.