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 iii
... thro ' the Whole , to mix Improvement with Variety . If we have not always confined our- felves to a fcrupulous Regularity , it was because we think it allowable in conducting the Mind to truth , to expatiate out of the traiteft Way ...
... thro ' the Whole , to mix Improvement with Variety . If we have not always confined our- felves to a fcrupulous Regularity , it was because we think it allowable in conducting the Mind to truth , to expatiate out of the traiteft Way ...
Page xiv
... thro ' which the Spider ejects her Poifon into the Wound . D. The Extremity of a Leg with its Hairs , its two hooked Claws in the Form of Saws , its two Sponges , and a Spur projecting out on one side . E. The wandering Spider with her ...
... thro ' which the Spider ejects her Poifon into the Wound . D. The Extremity of a Leg with its Hairs , its two hooked Claws in the Form of Saws , its two Sponges , and a Spur projecting out on one side . E. The wandering Spider with her ...
Page xvii
... thro ' which the Rounds of the Utriculi or little Bags país . C. The Rounds of little Bags placed horizontally . D. The Air - Vents , always empty , of an equal Bignefs , and compofed of Spiral Fibres , E. Tranfverfe Fibres , which make ...
... thro ' which the Rounds of the Utriculi or little Bags país . C. The Rounds of little Bags placed horizontally . D. The Air - Vents , always empty , of an equal Bignefs , and compofed of Spiral Fibres , E. Tranfverfe Fibres , which make ...
Page 11
... thro ' the whole ; every thing looks as if it had been made with an Ax or a Trowel , and dif- covers an unfkilful Artift , not at all acquainted with the Matter he works upon . On the contra- ry , the smallest Works of the Creator are ...
... thro ' the whole ; every thing looks as if it had been made with an Ax or a Trowel , and dif- covers an unfkilful Artift , not at all acquainted with the Matter he works upon . On the contra- ry , the smallest Works of the Creator are ...
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... thro ' the whole , fee repeated Traces of the fame Wisdom which infpires each Parent with a tender Sollicitude for her Pofterity , and works , if I may fo exprefs myself , by the fame Plan , in referring every Species to the fame ...
... thro ' the whole , fee repeated Traces of the fame Wisdom which infpires each Parent with a tender Sollicitude for her Pofterity , and works , if I may fo exprefs myself , by the fame Plan , in referring every Species to the fame ...
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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