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 xv
... Flowers . 11. The two Branches that reft on the Trunk . 2 . The two great Branches that embrace and unfold the whole . 3. The Joint or Fold of the Trunk . F. The Paw filled with Wax . G. The Extremity of the Paw with its Hairs , Hooks ...
... Flowers . 11. The two Branches that reft on the Trunk . 2 . The two great Branches that embrace and unfold the whole . 3. The Joint or Fold of the Trunk . F. The Paw filled with Wax . G. The Extremity of the Paw with its Hairs , Hooks ...
Page xviii
... Flower . I. The Petals or Leaves of the Flower . 2. The Piftil , the Top of which is a long Pipe , and its Bottom in the Heart of the Flower is a Capfule containing the Seed . 3. The Tops containing a refinous Duft , they are fuftain ...
... Flower . I. The Petals or Leaves of the Flower . 2. The Piftil , the Top of which is a long Pipe , and its Bottom in the Heart of the Flower is a Capfule containing the Seed . 3. The Tops containing a refinous Duft , they are fuftain ...
Page 3
... Flowers and Diamonds ; the Wing of a Gnat , which , at the first View , looks like a small white Rag , and feems deftitute of all Manner of Beauty , appears , when you confider it attentively , as fmooth as a Mirror , and glows like a ...
... Flowers and Diamonds ; the Wing of a Gnat , which , at the first View , looks like a small white Rag , and feems deftitute of all Manner of Beauty , appears , when you confider it attentively , as fmooth as a Mirror , and glows like a ...
Page 44
... Flower to Flower , regales itself with Honey and Dews , and perpetually varies its Pleasure . This new Animal enjoys all Nature in full Liber- ty , and is itself one of her amiable Embelishments . Countefs . The Prior has given us a ...
... Flower to Flower , regales itself with Honey and Dews , and perpetually varies its Pleasure . This new Animal enjoys all Nature in full Liber- ty , and is itself one of her amiable Embelishments . Countefs . The Prior has given us a ...
Page 63
... ful on feveral Occafions . Some People stain them with a Variety of Colours , and form them into artificial Flowers , which are fometimes finifhed with the utmoft Perfection . The common Prac- tice is with Of INSECTS . 63.
... ful on feveral Occafions . Some People stain them with a Variety of Colours , and form them into artificial Flowers , which are fometimes finifhed with the utmoft Perfection . The common Prac- tice is with Of INSECTS . 63.
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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