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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... Feet . The amiable Qualities , with which Nature has enriched Your Royal Highness , have been fo happily cul- tivated by the best of Educations , that I'am perfuaded the wonderful Scenes of Providence , fo elegantly display'd in this ...
... Feet . The amiable Qualities , with which Nature has enriched Your Royal Highness , have been fo happily cul- tivated by the best of Educations , that I'am perfuaded the wonderful Scenes of Providence , fo elegantly display'd in this ...
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... feet . D. One of the Fore- feet . E. The Hooks of the Claws reprefented larger . F. The Cone of Silk : G. The fame laid open . H. The Bean . I. The Spoils of the Worm . K. The Butterfly coming out of its Chryfalis . Part i . Page 73 . A ...
... feet . D. One of the Fore- feet . E. The Hooks of the Claws reprefented larger . F. The Cone of Silk : G. The fame laid open . H. The Bean . I. The Spoils of the Worm . K. The Butterfly coming out of its Chryfalis . Part i . Page 73 . A ...
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... Feet , as those who are without them . When they would pass from one Place to another , they dilate the mufculous Skin that feparates the firft Ring from the next . They advance the first Ring , whether it be near the Head or Tail , to ...
... Feet , as those who are without them . When they would pass from one Place to another , they dilate the mufculous Skin that feparates the firft Ring from the next . They advance the first Ring , whether it be near the Head or Tail , to ...
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... Feet , whofe Elasticity imme- diately launches them out of the Reach of Infult . In a word , when they are deftitute of Force , Stratagem fupplies its Place ; and the perpetual War we see among Animals , furnishes most of them with ...
... Feet , whofe Elasticity imme- diately launches them out of the Reach of Infult . In a word , when they are deftitute of Force , Stratagem fupplies its Place ; and the perpetual War we see among Animals , furnishes most of them with ...
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... Feet . Those who have none , are left to the Care of their Parents , who take upon them the Charge of lodg- ing their Off - fpring in commodious Habitations , and furnishing them with their neceffary Aliment , or they even place them in ...
... Feet . Those who have none , are left to the Care of their Parents , who take upon them the Charge of lodg- ing their Off - fpring in commodious Habitations , and furnishing them with their neceffary Aliment , or they even place them in ...
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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