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 xvii
... afcend by meeting with some hard Body , and then turning downwards to the Earth ; as is seen in E. F. The Bud of a Gourd , as it appears through a Microscope on the Top of the Kernel . 5. The feminal Leaves clapped together , and ...
... afcend by meeting with some hard Body , and then turning downwards to the Earth ; as is seen in E. F. The Bud of a Gourd , as it appears through a Microscope on the Top of the Kernel . 5. The feminal Leaves clapped together , and ...
Page 4
... afcend by degrees . The Scene we behold is truly mag- nificent , but that which our View cannot take in at once , we may divide and enjoy by Parts . Infects . Let us begin with these Infects , fo much defpifed by others , but of which ...
... afcend by degrees . The Scene we behold is truly mag- nificent , but that which our View cannot take in at once , we may divide and enjoy by Parts . Infects . Let us begin with these Infects , fo much defpifed by others , but of which ...
Page 30
... afcend to her former Situation . Hair . This is not the only Affiftance Nature has granted to her extreme Imbecility ; for fhe is ge- nerally covered with Hair , which preferves her from the rude Access of Waters , in which fhe would ...
... afcend to her former Situation . Hair . This is not the only Affiftance Nature has granted to her extreme Imbecility ; for fhe is ge- nerally covered with Hair , which preferves her from the rude Access of Waters , in which fhe would ...
Page 163
... afcend the Houfe ; there they find this Mine of Sugar , this rich Peru of Sweats , that opens all its Treasures to their View ; but their March to it , as well as their Return from it , is under fome Regu- lation . The whole Band is ...
... afcend the Houfe ; there they find this Mine of Sugar , this rich Peru of Sweats , that opens all its Treasures to their View ; but their March to it , as well as their Return from it , is under fome Regu- lation . The whole Band is ...
Page 188
... afcends higher and fixes her Tail near the second or third Contorfion of her Shell , and enlarges her Apart- ment at the Opening . As fhe makes thefe Ad- vances by little and little , and afcends from Point to Point , as they lie ...
... afcends higher and fixes her Tail near the second or third Contorfion of her Shell , and enlarges her Apart- ment at the Opening . As fhe makes thefe Ad- vances by little and little , and afcends from Point to Point , as they lie ...
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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