The Contemplative Philosopher: Or Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year;: With Poetical Illustrations and Moral Reflections on Each Subject. In Two Volumes..G. G. and J. Robinson, F. and C. Rivington, W. Bent, Longman and Rees, and J. Mawman. 1800. M. Brown, printer, 1800 |
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... On the wonderful Operations of Bees 316 39. On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wafps 327 40. Concluding Confiderations on the wonderful Ingenuity of certain Infects 338 THE CONTEMPLATIVE PHILOSOPHER . NUMBER I. REFLECTIONS ON WINTER . CONTENTS .
... On the wonderful Operations of Bees 316 39. On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wafps 327 40. Concluding Confiderations on the wonderful Ingenuity of certain Infects 338 THE CONTEMPLATIVE PHILOSOPHER . NUMBER I. REFLECTIONS ON WINTER . CONTENTS .
الصفحة 210
... bee fits on the bloom , extracting liquid fweets 4. Shakspeare , in a charming fimilitude , compares an exquifite ftrain of mufic , with its dying fall , to the fweet South , that breathes upon a bank of violets , stealing and giving ...
... bee fits on the bloom , extracting liquid fweets 4. Shakspeare , in a charming fimilitude , compares an exquifite ftrain of mufic , with its dying fall , to the fweet South , that breathes upon a bank of violets , stealing and giving ...
الصفحة 264
... bee , however magnified , ftill retains all its original acute- nefs of termination . The moft accurate engravings or emboffiments feem fuch rude and deformed work , when thus magnified , as if they had been wrought by a mattock or a ...
... bee , however magnified , ftill retains all its original acute- nefs of termination . The moft accurate engravings or emboffiments feem fuch rude and deformed work , when thus magnified , as if they had been wrought by a mattock or a ...
الصفحة 277
... bee and the ant furnish examples of neuters , which are abfolutely barren : and the earthworm , and feve- ral fhell animals , are hermaphrodite , each individual poffeffing the prolific powers of both male and fe- male . It is likewise ...
... bee and the ant furnish examples of neuters , which are abfolutely barren : and the earthworm , and feve- ral fhell animals , are hermaphrodite , each individual poffeffing the prolific powers of both male and fe- male . It is likewise ...
الصفحة 288
... bee , and the ant . Many of the wafp kind , like the bees , live in fociety , make combs in which the females depofit their eggs , and feed their caterpillars with an infe- rior fpecies of honey . Others of them conftruct a feparate ...
... bee , and the ant . Many of the wafp kind , like the bees , live in fociety , make combs in which the females depofit their eggs , and feed their caterpillars with an infe- rior fpecies of honey . Others of them conftruct a feparate ...
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