The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... means of a gluti- nous substance furnished from their own bodies , form them into a moist and ductile paste . Of this substance , or papier maché , they construct the ex- ternal cover , the partitions of the nest , the hexago- nal cells ...
... means of a gluti- nous substance furnished from their own bodies , form them into a moist and ductile paste . Of this substance , or papier maché , they construct the ex- ternal cover , the partitions of the nest , the hexago- nal cells ...
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... means at an end . The eggs must not be mingled , or piled above each other . Every separate worm must have a distinct apartment , without any communication with the others . Each long hole or tube , accordingly , is only the outer walls ...
... means at an end . The eggs must not be mingled , or piled above each other . Every separate worm must have a distinct apartment , without any communication with the others . Each long hole or tube , accordingly , is only the outer walls ...
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... means of subsistence , and to excite in our breasts the correspondent sentiments of gratitude and love . What can be more delightful than to view the waving fields of corn just bending to the sickle ! what theme can so powerfully call ...
... means of subsistence , and to excite in our breasts the correspondent sentiments of gratitude and love . What can be more delightful than to view the waving fields of corn just bending to the sickle ! what theme can so powerfully call ...
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... mean the Dews and the Sun. Of the first I have already amply treated in a former paper ; and the latter shall be the subject of a future one . At present , I shall be content to imagine the Contemplative Philoso pher in his morning walk ...
... mean the Dews and the Sun. Of the first I have already amply treated in a former paper ; and the latter shall be the subject of a future one . At present , I shall be content to imagine the Contemplative Philoso pher in his morning walk ...
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... - culę , or dark spots , which , by means of a telescope , may be seen on different parts of his surface , it ap- pears that this opinion was ill - founded . The spots consist , in general , of a nucleus , or NÓ . XLIII . 45 On the Sun.
... - culę , or dark spots , which , by means of a telescope , may be seen on different parts of his surface , it ap- pears that this opinion was ill - founded . The spots consist , in general , of a nucleus , or NÓ . XLIII . 45 On the Sun.
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