The Entomological Researcher; Or, Dialogues Between a Governess and Her PupilWilliam Edward Painter, 1845 - 100 páginas |
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... bodies than their souls . He told them , that " having food and raiment , therewith to be content ; " and to remember " They that seek the Lord shall lack nothing . " Pupil Your speaking of contentment re- minds me of the old woman in ...
... bodies than their souls . He told them , that " having food and raiment , therewith to be content ; " and to remember " They that seek the Lord shall lack nothing . " Pupil Your speaking of contentment re- minds me of the old woman in ...
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... body , which is slender as well as long , is black , with rich variations of bright blue and deep grass- green ; the wings are of black transparent net - work , which , like Percy's bubbles , as- sume all the colours of the rainbow ...
... body , which is slender as well as long , is black , with rich variations of bright blue and deep grass- green ; the wings are of black transparent net - work , which , like Percy's bubbles , as- sume all the colours of the rainbow ...
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... body , and then , with a sudden spring , hurls the useless body of its prey a distance from its hole . Pupil I have often thought whether in- sects could hear ; if so , I think the lion - ant must hear the agonies of the poor insect it ...
... body , and then , with a sudden spring , hurls the useless body of its prey a distance from its hole . Pupil I have often thought whether in- sects could hear ; if so , I think the lion - ant must hear the agonies of the poor insect it ...
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... body their habitation : for , as if aware of their own existence depending on the life of their prey , they will avoid doing any harm to its vital parts . Pupil : How long does the caterpillar live in this state ? Governess : It ...
... body their habitation : for , as if aware of their own existence depending on the life of their prey , they will avoid doing any harm to its vital parts . Pupil : How long does the caterpillar live in this state ? Governess : It ...
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... body being longer , and her wings much shorter ; her body is yellower underneath , and her back much darker . Pupil I hope they are loyal to their so- vereign ? Governess : More so , I am ready to think , than many of Queen Victoria's ...
... body being longer , and her wings much shorter ; her body is yellower underneath , and her back much darker . Pupil I hope they are loyal to their so- vereign ? Governess : More so , I am ready to think , than many of Queen Victoria's ...
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Página 21 - WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand — Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down?
Página 75 - ... while the Earth remaineth seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Página 42 - Thou know'st that twice a day I have brought thee in this can Fresh water from the brook, as clear as ever ran ; And twice in the day, when the ground is wet with dew, I bring thee draughts of milk, warm milk it is and new.
Página 36 - They don't wear their time out in sleeping or play, But gather up corn in a sun-shiny day, And for winter they lay up their stores : They manage their work in such regular forms, One would think they foresaw all the frosts and the storms, And so brought their food within doors.
Página 26 - To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Página 16 - He hath made you to have dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea.
Página 65 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Página 38 - tis Jesus Holds the helm, and guides the ship : Spread the sails, and catch the breezes Sent to waft us through the deep, To the regions Where the mourners cease to weep.
Página 87 - Lord, how manifold are thy works : in wisdom hast thou made them all ; the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan : whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. 27 These wait all upon thee : that thou mayest give them meat in due season.
Página 20 - ... And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there came the Gnat and the Dragon-fly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue.