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
... prefent to their Obfervation those things , that Distance , Minuteness , or Inattention may have concealed from them . Inftead of paffing methodically , from general Maxims and univerfal Ideas , to thofe that are more particular , we ...
... prefent to their Obfervation those things , that Distance , Minuteness , or Inattention may have concealed from them . Inftead of paffing methodically , from general Maxims and univerfal Ideas , to thofe that are more particular , we ...
Page vi
... prefent to the Reader . As valuable as thefe Authors may be , their Names alone would not conftitute the Success of Dialogue ; whereas thofe Characters , which are Les confpicuous , will always make themselves . known and relished , if ...
... prefent to the Reader . As valuable as thefe Authors may be , their Names alone would not conftitute the Success of Dialogue ; whereas thofe Characters , which are Les confpicuous , will always make themselves . known and relished , if ...
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... prefent Neceffity and future Want . Nature has accommodated all Animals with Nets , and permitted them to fifh and fuftain themselves ; but then fhe has prudently limited the Dimenfions of the Mefhes . Quantities of Fish are daily ...
... prefent Neceffity and future Want . Nature has accommodated all Animals with Nets , and permitted them to fifh and fuftain themselves ; but then fhe has prudently limited the Dimenfions of the Mefhes . Quantities of Fish are daily ...
Page 34
... prefent have only a few Species of Caterpillars for their Enemies , where given up to the Ravages of two or three hundred , judge how our Defferts would fuffer . It was therefore wifely ordained , that Caterpillars should Their Ufe only ...
... prefent have only a few Species of Caterpillars for their Enemies , where given up to the Ravages of two or three hundred , judge how our Defferts would fuffer . It was therefore wifely ordained , that Caterpillars should Their Ufe only ...
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... prefent you with nothing but a kind of Putrefaction , in which every thing is confounded ; but then , this Putre- faction contains the Elements of a better State of Existence , and composes the nutrimental Juices which contribute to the ...
... prefent you with nothing but a kind of Putrefaction , in which every thing is confounded ; but then , this Putre- faction contains the Elements of a better State of Existence , and composes the nutrimental Juices which contribute to the ...
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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