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 ii
... leaft as well as the largest acquaint us with 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 ...
... leaft as well as the largest acquaint us with 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 ...
Page xii
... leaft , as well as the largest Objects . The most inconfiderable Parts of Nature may , by thefe Means , acquire an Air of Dignity and Spirit , and when they can onc be rendered engaging , we regard them with Attention and Complacency ...
... leaft , as well as the largest Objects . The most inconfiderable Parts of Nature may , by thefe Means , acquire an Air of Dignity and Spirit , and when they can onc be rendered engaging , we regard them with Attention and Complacency ...
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... leaft . But nothing gives me more Pleasure than this Multitude of little Creatures , who are living ; fome are working in the Win- dow , under a Glass Hive ; others fpin , or em- ploy themselves , after their Manner , in crystal Veffels ...
... leaft . But nothing gives me more Pleasure than this Multitude of little Creatures , who are living ; fome are working in the Win- dow , under a Glass Hive ; others fpin , or em- ploy themselves , after their Manner , in crystal Veffels ...
Page 5
... leaft Danger , and ad- vance and retreat as Need requires . Of the fecond Sort are Flies , and May - Birds , besides an infinite Variety of others , whofe Body is an Affemblage of many little Şcales , which di- late by unfolding ...
... leaft Danger , and ad- vance and retreat as Need requires . Of the fecond Sort are Flies , and May - Birds , besides an infinite Variety of others , whofe Body is an Affemblage of many little Şcales , which di- late by unfolding ...
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... leaft Friction would tear them , have two ftrong Scales which they raise and fall like a Pair of Wings , but which are no more than a Cafe for the real ones . You will find Bee- tles , May Birds and Spanifo Flies , furnished with thefe ...
... leaft Friction would tear them , have two ftrong Scales which they raise and fall like a Pair of Wings , but which are no more than a Cafe for the real ones . You will find Bee- tles , May Birds and Spanifo Flies , furnished with thefe ...
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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