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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... fome Truth ; they have all a Lan- guage , in which they address themselves to us , and indeed to us alone . We learn fome- thing from their particular Conftitution , and their Determination to a certain End points out the Intention of ...
... fome Truth ; they have all a Lan- guage , in which they address themselves to us , and indeed to us alone . We learn fome- thing from their particular Conftitution , and their Determination to a certain End points out the Intention of ...
Page ix
... fome of thefe Articles , too often with more Credulity than Exactness ; but the Reader will be more difpofed to relish what he finds warranted by the Teftimony of modern Obfervers , who have gained univerfal Reputation by their Accuracy ...
... fome of thefe Articles , too often with more Credulity than Exactness ; but the Reader will be more difpofed to relish what he finds warranted by the Teftimony of modern Obfervers , who have gained univerfal Reputation by their Accuracy ...
Page x
... fome Paffages in the firft may require , thole , who have purchased the fecond Edition of this , will have no Oc- cafion to buy the third . We acknowledge , indeed , that , befide thefe neceffary Improvements and Corrections , we have ...
... fome Paffages in the firft may require , thole , who have purchased the fecond Edition of this , will have no Oc- cafion to buy the third . We acknowledge , indeed , that , befide thefe neceffary Improvements and Corrections , we have ...
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... , especially in the Article of Infects ; and if this Edition should be thought preferable to the preceding , it may poffibly owe that Merit to fome Retrench- ments ments that have been made in more Places than one xii PREFACE .
... , especially in the Article of Infects ; and if this Edition should be thought preferable to the preceding , it may poffibly owe that Merit to fome Retrench- ments ments that have been made in more Places than one xii PREFACE .
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... fome Poft given him to make good ? Chevalier . I am always uneafy to leave it : The Count has filled this , and the two next Apartments , with fo many Curiofities , that one can never be tired with beholding them . Count . Do you think ...
... fome Poft given him to make good ? Chevalier . I am always uneafy to leave it : The Count has filled this , and the two next Apartments , with fo many Curiofities , that one can never be tired with beholding them . Count . Do you think ...
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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