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 ix
... Labour foever we have been at to be informed , either by our own Diligence , or the Friends we could confide in , of most of the Re- markson Nature advanced in these Converfa- tions ; we have ftill been careful to cite , in the Margin ...
... Labour foever we have been at to be informed , either by our own Diligence , or the Friends we could confide in , of most of the Re- markson Nature advanced in these Converfa- tions ; we have ftill been careful to cite , in the Margin ...
Page 62
... Labour and Materials of these three Coverings , fhe refigns her Form of a Worm , her Spoils drop all around the Nymph , who is not con- verted into a perfect Butterfly , till the Expiration of fifteen Days , or three Weeks , and ...
... Labour and Materials of these three Coverings , fhe refigns her Form of a Worm , her Spoils drop all around the Nymph , who is not con- verted into a perfect Butterfly , till the Expiration of fifteen Days , or three Weeks , and ...
Page 70
... Labours it is fupplied : He knows the Names and Ufe of all the Tools , is acquainted with the Materials employed by the Workmen , as well as the Countries that produce them ; he understands the Marks of their good or bad Qua- lities ...
... Labours it is fupplied : He knows the Names and Ufe of all the Tools , is acquainted with the Materials employed by the Workmen , as well as the Countries that produce them ; he understands the Marks of their good or bad Qua- lities ...
Page 79
... Labours create her many Ene- mies , and that her Web is always in Danger of being difconcerted , has furnished her with a Ma- gazine , for frequent Repairs , and this Magazine , after it has been exhaufted , is ftill replenished with ...
... Labours create her many Ene- mies , and that her Web is always in Danger of being difconcerted , has furnished her with a Ma- gazine , for frequent Repairs , and this Magazine , after it has been exhaufted , is ftill replenished with ...
Page 84
... Labour they employ for the Pre- fervation of that Bag , Chev . Such a Bag as this makes me laugh hear , tily ; but can't you oblige me with the Sight of it ? Prior . ' Tis good not to be too credulous , and therefore if her Ladyfhip ...
... Labour they employ for the Pre- fervation of that Bag , Chev . Such a Bag as this makes me laugh hear , tily ; but can't you oblige me with the Sight of it ? Prior . ' Tis good not to be too credulous , and therefore if her Ladyfhip ...
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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