Up and Down the BrooksHoughton, 1889 - 222 páginas |
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... tell him of the decaying leaves that these numerous Hydrophi- lidæ devour , assisted by these pond - snails ; of the yearly plague of frogs from which we are de- livered by the disappearance of the juices of the polliwogs 4 UP AND DOWN ...
... tell him of the decaying leaves that these numerous Hydrophi- lidæ devour , assisted by these pond - snails ; of the yearly plague of frogs from which we are de- livered by the disappearance of the juices of the polliwogs 4 UP AND DOWN ...
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... tell us that the life of an insect is often not much more than a year in length . It may be he was Ranatra the Aged . The jar looked lonely without him , he had lived in it so long , and I felt half inclined to think that , in spite of ...
... tell us that the life of an insect is often not much more than a year in length . It may be he was Ranatra the Aged . The jar looked lonely without him , he had lived in it so long , and I felt half inclined to think that , in spite of ...
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... telling the two apart is to wait till they transform to beetles , and if a Hydrophilidæ beetle comes forth , then ... tell the larvæ of the two families apart by reference to ferocity , for , if one family are assas- sins , so are the ...
... telling the two apart is to wait till they transform to beetles , and if a Hydrophilidæ beetle comes forth , then ... tell the larvæ of the two families apart by reference to ferocity , for , if one family are assas- sins , so are the ...
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... tell as many lies as the Conqueror did has nothing to do with orthodoxy anyway . The Con- queror was like all the rest of us . He preferred to have some one else do his digging for him . The more I study bugs , the more do I perceive ...
... tell as many lies as the Conqueror did has nothing to do with orthodoxy anyway . The Con- queror was like all the rest of us . He preferred to have some one else do his digging for him . The more I study bugs , the more do I perceive ...
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... tell how mothers ' hearts many have been com- forted at the thought that by denying themselves they could add a little to the happiness of those they so sorely missed ? And perhaps there are some of us nowadays who might be benefited by ...
... tell how mothers ' hearts many have been com- forted at the thought that by denying themselves they could add a little to the happiness of those they so sorely missed ? And perhaps there are some of us nowadays who might be benefited by ...
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antennæ Aphides aphis beetles blackberry body bottle bottom Brodica brook bug-hunter bugs butterfly ça ira Caddis Caddis-worm catch caterpillars cocoon color Conqueror Corixa Corydalus crawling creatures creek Darby and Joan dead devour dragon-fly larvæ dredger dredging Dytiscidæ earth earth-worm eggs eyes feet fish Fittest flies Frog-hopper frogs froth Giants Gordius grass green Gyrinida head hole horns Hydrometrida Hydrophilidæ inch long insects Issedones jelly-glass lady lady-bug Lake larva leaf leaves leeches legs live lizard look mosquito mosquito-bar moth never once one's pair perhaps polliwog pond pond-snail pool poor pupa Ranatra scorpion scorpion-bugs seen shoot side Skaters slugs snails sometimes spider stick swim tail teasel things thought Thysanura tion water-beetles water-boatman Water-lizards water-scorpions water-shrimp Water-tigers weeds Whirligig beetles Whirligigs willows wings wonder worm yellow
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Página 143 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Página 146 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Página 26 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Página 215 - The heathen philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a grape, would open his lips when he put it into his mouth; meaning thereby, that grapes were made to eat, and lips to open. You do love this maid?
Página 68 - A pick-axe, and a spade, a spade, For and a shrouding sheet: O, a pit of clay for to be made For such a guest is meet.
Página 145 - Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny." Says Simple Simon to the pieman "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing, For to catch a whale; All the water he had got Was in his mother's pail. Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle.
Página 94 - Ser Nuto, being brought by the mob into the court, was suspended from the gallows by one foot ; and those around having torn him to pieces, in little more than a moment nothing remained of him but the foot by which he had been tied.
Página 95 - Dioscorides, saith that, before they have an hole through them, they containe in them either a flie, a spider, or a worme : if a flie, then warre insueth; if a creeping worme, then scarcitie of victuals ; if a running spider, then followeth great sickenesse or mortalitie.