 | William Kirby, William Spence - Insects - 1826 - 792 pages
...suspended itself to the silken hillock — manoeuvres so delicate and perilous, that we cannot but admire that an insect which executes them but once in its life, should execute them so well : nor could it, as Reaumur has well and piously observed, had it not been instructed by a GREAT MASTER.... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Beneficial insects - 1828 - 754 pages
...suspended itself to the silken hillock — manoeuvres so delicate and perilous, that we cannot but admire that an insect which executes them but once in its life, should execute them so well : nor could it, as Reaumur has well and piously observed, had it not been instructed by a GREAT MASTER.... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Entomology - 1835 - 418 pages
...skin, and finally attaching the extremity to the silken web, are very delicate and perilous manoeuvres. It is impossible not to wonder, that an insect which...requisite means for accomplishing it in safety."* In order to get quit of the slough, which is still suspended by its side, the chrysalis curves its... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1849 - 1194 pages
...It is impossible not to wonder, that an insect which executes these delicate and perilous manoeuvres but once in its life, should execute them so well. We must conclude that it has been instructed by a GREAT MASTER: for he who has rendered it necessary for the... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 90 pages
...that it sometimes takes as long as twentyfour hours to effect these changes. Reaumar observes that "it is impossible not to wonder that an insect which...change, has likewise given it all the requisite means of accomplishing it in safety." When first the larva skin is thrown off, the chrysalis is soft and... | |
 | James Duncan - Butterflies - 1860 - 438 pages
...skin, and finally attaching the extremity to the silken web, are very delicate and perilous manoeuvres. It is impossible not to wonder, that an insect which...the requisite means for accomplishing it in safety." * In order to get quit of the slough, which is still suspended by its side, the chrysalis curves its... | |
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It is impossible not to wonder, that an insect which executes them but once in its life, should execute them so well. We must necessarily conclude that it has been instructed by a GREAT MASTER ; for he who has rendered it necessary for the insect to undergo... 