 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1793 - 418 páginas
...filken thread from their mouth, and with this they enclofe themfelves in a fmall round bag or cafe, as white within as writing paper, but dirty without;...continue for a fortnight longer; after which they burft from their confinement perfectly formed, and armed with powers to diilurb the reft even of a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 páginas
...seek a place to lie hid in, where they spin a silken thread from their mouth, and with it they inclose themselves in a small round bag or case, as white...perfectly formed, and armed with powers to disturb (he peace of an emperor. [The Chigoe is the only other species of flea. This creature is well known... | |
 | 1822 - 184 páginas
...-thread from their, rnoulh, and with' this, they enclose theinselve* in a small round bag, Or onse, as white within as writing paper, but .dirty without:...continue for a fortnight longer ; after which they bars! from their confinement pnrl'cctly form* •d, and armed with powers to disturb the peace •f... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 518 páginas
...after this they begin to creep, like silk-worms that have no legs, and then they seek a place to he hid in, where they spin a silken thread from their mouth, and with this they enclose themselves jn a small round bag or case, as white •within as writing paper, but dirty without ; in this they... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 526 páginas
...ball: soon after this they begin to creep like silkworms that have no legs; and then they seek a place to lie hid in, where they spin a silken thread from...armed with powers to disturb the peace of an emperor. THE LOUSE. IN examining the human Louse with the microscope, its external deformity first strikes us... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 402 páginas
...: soon after this they begin to creep like silkworms that have no legs ; and then they seek a place to lie hid in, where they spin a silken thread from...mouth, and with this they enclose themselves in a vOL. v. E small round bag or case, as white within as writing pope but dirty without: in this they... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 páginas
...: soon after this they begin to creep like silkworms that have no legs ; and then they seek a place to lie hid in, where they spin a silken thread from...armed with powers to disturb the peace of an emperor. FLEXILE. In Physics, is applied to bodies that are capable of being bent, or changed from their natural... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 páginas
...ball : soon after this they begin to creep like silk-worms that have no legs : and they seek a place to lie hid in, where they spin a silken thread from...themselves in a small round bag or case, as white within as writing-paper, but dirty recommencing, with more fury than before, between our two tarantulas. One... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 páginas
...; soon after this they begin to creep like silkworms that have no legs ; and then they seek a place to lie hid in, where they spin a silken thread from...writing paper, but dirty without ; in this they continue a fortnight longer ; after which they burst from their confinement perfectly formed, and armed with... | |
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... in a fortnight's time they com^e to a tolerable size, and are very lively and active; but if they are touched at this time, they roll themselves up in a ball: soon after this they begin to creep like silkworms that have no legs; and then they seek... 