Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth. ... Translated from the Original French, by Mr. Humphreys |
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Page 13
... against the regular Gene- ration of Ani- mals . Count . This indeed is the common Opinion ; but can you believe , my dear Chevalier , that when People exprefs themselves in this Manner , they understand what they talk about ? What is ...
... against the regular Gene- ration of Ani- mals . Count . This indeed is the common Opinion ; but can you believe , my dear Chevalier , that when People exprefs themselves in this Manner , they understand what they talk about ? What is ...
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... against the Birds , who can find no Suftenance fo delicate and proper for their - Young , as these Creatures * ? Chev . Does your Lordship mean those little Thinning Specks with which their Backs are Spangled ? Count . No : Thefe Specks ...
... against the Birds , who can find no Suftenance fo delicate and proper for their - Young , as these Creatures * ? Chev . Does your Lordship mean those little Thinning Specks with which their Backs are Spangled ? Count . No : Thefe Specks ...
Page 36
... against him . Such inconfiderable Inftru- ments as Worms and Flies , are employed by the Almighty , to humble the Pride of Men , who are too apt to flatter themselves , that they are rich , and great , and independent . You fee my dear ...
... against him . Such inconfiderable Inftru- ments as Worms and Flies , are employed by the Almighty , to humble the Pride of Men , who are too apt to flatter themselves , that they are rich , and great , and independent . You fee my dear ...
Page 41
... against Generation of Caterpillars . Prior . This I have often obferved , myself . One fhall fee , for Inftance , a swarm of little Flies . marching out of a living Caterpillar , through the Apertures they have pierced in her Skin . We ...
... against Generation of Caterpillars . Prior . This I have often obferved , myself . One fhall fee , for Inftance , a swarm of little Flies . marching out of a living Caterpillar , through the Apertures they have pierced in her Skin . We ...
Page 61
... fage for the other Animal fhe carries in her Bowels , and has therefore the Precaution never to place this Extremity , or pointed End against any Substance that that might obftruct the Creature at the Season of its Of INSECT S. 61.
... fage for the other Animal fhe carries in her Bowels , and has therefore the Precaution never to place this Extremity , or pointed End against any Substance that that might obftruct the Creature at the Season of its Of INSECT S. 61.
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afcend Affiftance againſt Animals Bark becauſe Bees befide beſt Birds Body Caterpillars Cells Chev Chevalier Chives cloſe Colours compleat compofed Confequence Count Countefs Countess Curiofity defire diſcover Diſtance Earth Eggs faften fame fecond feems feen feminal fenfible ferves feveral fhall fhould Fibres fince firft firſt Fiſh Flowers fmall fome fometimes Form ftill ftrong fuch fufficient fuftain fupplied furniſhed Glew herſelf himſelf Hive Induſtry Infects Inftance inſtead itſelf Juices Labours laft leaft leaſt Leaves lefs likewife Manner moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Neft Nouriſhment Number Nymph obferve Occafion Paffage pafs Plant pleaſe Pleaſure prefent preferve Prior Provifions Purpoſe raiſe Reafon reft rife Seed ſhe Shell Silk Silk-Worms Skin ſmall Species Spider thefe thefe Creatures themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand Thread thro tion Tree Trunk uſe Utricles Veffels Wafps Water whofe whole Wings Wood Worm Young