The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Band 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... and in feeding the young worms , which are daily hatching from the eggs . In a word , this female wasp , which in spring was per- fectly solitary , without any proper habitation , and had 10 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . XXXIX .
... and in feeding the young worms , which are daily hatching from the eggs . In a word , this female wasp , which in spring was per- fectly solitary , without any proper habitation , and had 10 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . XXXIX .
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... . This stranger worm is afterward transformed into a beetle , which is ena- bled to pierce the nest , and to make its escape . tect . The operations of another species of solitary bees , called 18 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . XL .
... . This stranger worm is afterward transformed into a beetle , which is ena- bled to pierce the nest , and to make its escape . tect . The operations of another species of solitary bees , called 18 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . XL .
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... the whole with another roof . In this manner she proceeds , till the whole tube is divided into separate cells , when the busi- ness of this laborious bee is finished , and she 20 NO . XL The Contemplative Philosopher .
... the whole with another roof . In this manner she proceeds , till the whole tube is divided into separate cells , when the busi- ness of this laborious bee is finished , and she 20 NO . XL The Contemplative Philosopher .
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... philosophers , and , in particular , Pythagoras and Plato , were so struck by the won- derful ingenuity displayed in the operation of bees , that they thought them endued , not merely with in- stinct , but with something of celestial ...
... philosophers , and , in particular , Pythagoras and Plato , were so struck by the won- derful ingenuity displayed in the operation of bees , that they thought them endued , not merely with in- stinct , but with something of celestial ...
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... Philosopher , the genuine son of Nature , exalt his voice to heaven , in the glowing language of gratitude and adoration : " Yes ! ( he may ex- claim ) Thou Best of Beings ! how unutterable is thy goodness ! I behold thee in all thy ...
... Philosopher , the genuine son of Nature , exalt his voice to heaven , in the glowing language of gratitude and adoration : " Yes ! ( he may ex- claim ) Thou Best of Beings ! how unutterable is thy goodness ! I behold thee in all thy ...
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