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 17
... becaufe thefe Animals are engen- dered by Putrefaction , or that the Eggs of Infects are every - where fcattered and diftributed ; but ' tis only because they have Mothers , who know that impaired and corrupted Bodies afford the pro ...
... becaufe thefe Animals are engen- dered by Putrefaction , or that the Eggs of Infects are every - where fcattered and diftributed ; but ' tis only because they have Mothers , who know that impaired and corrupted Bodies afford the pro ...
Page 24
... becaufe ' tis then wrap'd up in a Skin generally very hard , and like the Shell of an Egg , or the Coat of a Bean . But it must be granted , that the Term Cone is most common- ly used to fignify thofe little Balls of Thread and Glew ...
... becaufe ' tis then wrap'd up in a Skin generally very hard , and like the Shell of an Egg , or the Coat of a Bean . But it must be granted , that the Term Cone is most common- ly used to fignify thofe little Balls of Thread and Glew ...
Page 248
... becaufe an Almighty Providence has regulated the Circumftantials ; whereas the Inequality that appears in the Conduct of Men , demonftrates their Enjoyment of a Reason which varies in its Limitations , and a Liberty as diver- fified in ...
... becaufe an Almighty Providence has regulated the Circumftantials ; whereas the Inequality that appears in the Conduct of Men , demonftrates their Enjoyment of a Reason which varies in its Limitations , and a Liberty as diver- fified in ...
Page 322
... be effected by the Air , becaufe when the Communication of this is intercepted , their Blood immediately grows thick and coagulates , and they die the Mo- ment they are deprived of its beneficial Effects . This Element therefore is , in ...
... be effected by the Air , becaufe when the Communication of this is intercepted , their Blood immediately grows thick and coagulates , and they die the Mo- ment they are deprived of its beneficial Effects . This Element therefore is , in ...
Page 326
... becaufe as the Seed was inverted , the Juices of the Lobes neceffarily forced the Root upwards ; but when it began to receive its nutrimental Juices immediate ly from the Vapour which afcended from the Earth , this Vapour , in ...
... becaufe as the Seed was inverted , the Juices of the Lobes neceffarily forced the Root upwards ; but when it began to receive its nutrimental Juices immediate ly from the Vapour which afcended from the Earth , this Vapour , 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