The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... a general idea of this curious edi- fice , it is next natural to inquire how the wasps build , and how they employ themselves in their abodes . But , as all these mysteries are performed 4 The Contemplative Philosopher . No. XXXIX .
... a general idea of this curious edi- fice , it is next natural to inquire how the wasps build , and how they employ themselves in their abodes . But , as all these mysteries are performed 4 The Contemplative Philosopher . No. XXXIX .
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... curious , in the course of the first day after their transformation , the young wasps have been observed going to the fields , bring- ing in provisions , and distributing them to the worms in the cells . A cell is no sooner abandoned by ...
... curious , in the course of the first day after their transformation , the young wasps have been observed going to the fields , bring- ing in provisions , and distributing them to the worms in the cells . A cell is no sooner abandoned by ...
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... curious information relative to the manners and habits of ants , see M. Huber's Recherches sur les Mœurs des Fourmis Indigènes , Paris 1810 , and avery able Analysis of this work in the Edinb . Rev. vol . xx , p . 143 . their nests is ...
... curious information relative to the manners and habits of ants , see M. Huber's Recherches sur les Mœurs des Fourmis Indigènes , Paris 1810 , and avery able Analysis of this work in the Edinb . Rev. vol . xx , p . 143 . their nests is ...
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... curious branch of their his- tory . After choosing a part of a wall on which she is resolved to fix a habitation for her future progeny , she goes in in quest of proper materials . proper materials . The nest to be constructed must ...
... curious branch of their his- tory . After choosing a part of a wall on which she is resolved to fix a habitation for her future progeny , she goes in in quest of proper materials . proper materials . The nest to be constructed must ...
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... curiosity , and gives it an idea of which it was not possessed before . It contributes , therefore , to vary human life : it tends to divert and refresh the mind , and to take off that satiety of which we are apt to complain in the ...
... curiosity , and gives it an idea of which it was not possessed before . It contributes , therefore , to vary human life : it tends to divert and refresh the mind , and to take off that satiety of which we are apt to complain in the ...
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