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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... one of the Party . Prior . Gentlemen , I invite you to take the Air , and amuse yourselves in the Garden : We muft turn the Chevalier out of this Clofet , where I always VOL..I . B find find him . Would not one be apt to say.
... one of the Party . Prior . Gentlemen , I invite you to take the Air , and amuse yourselves in the Garden : We muft turn the Chevalier out of this Clofet , where I always VOL..I . B find find him . Would not one be apt to say.
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... Age has feldom an Inclination to enter upon the Anatomy of an Infect ; and fuch Objects as Butterflies , and Silk - Worms , Ants , and Bees , muft must be very languishing Entertainments , for Eyes like yours 2 DIALOGUE I.
... Age has feldom an Inclination to enter upon the Anatomy of an Infect ; and fuch Objects as Butterflies , and Silk - Worms , Ants , and Bees , muft must be very languishing Entertainments , for Eyes like yours 2 DIALOGUE I.
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... muft pafs the rest of the Day in Vifits , or Play ; he ought to relish the magick Feats of an Opera , and the frolick Dexterities of Harlequin at a Fair . These are your polite People , and this is the Turn of Mind which has nothing in ...
... muft pafs the rest of the Day in Vifits , or Play ; he ought to relish the magick Feats of an Opera , and the frolick Dexterities of Harlequin at a Fair . These are your polite People , and this is the Turn of Mind which has nothing in ...
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... own ; but then it muft only be in order to dif- cover the Inaccuracy of our Works , and the Richness , * Derham , Theol . Phyf . 1. viii . Richness , the Elegance and infinite Superiority that fhine in Of INSECTS . 9.
... own ; but then it muft only be in order to dif- cover the Inaccuracy of our Works , and the Richness , * Derham , Theol . Phyf . 1. viii . Richness , the Elegance and infinite Superiority that fhine in Of INSECTS . 9.
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... muft needs have alk that in little , which we poffefs in larger Dimen- fions . Prier . I would as foon fay , that Rocks and Woods engender Stags and Elephants , as affirm , that a Piece of Cheefe generates Mites . Stags are born and ...
... muft needs have alk that in little , which we poffefs in larger Dimen- fions . Prier . I would as foon fay , that Rocks and Woods engender Stags and Elephants , as affirm , that a Piece of Cheefe generates Mites . Stags are born and ...
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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