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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... Infect Tribes 275 34. The Same continued 285 35. On the Transformation of Infects 293 36. On Transformation in general 304 37. On the Beauty and Variety of Butterflies . 312 38. On the wonderful Operations of Bees 316 39. On the ...
... Infect Tribes 275 34. The Same continued 285 35. On the Transformation of Infects 293 36. On Transformation in general 304 37. On the Beauty and Variety of Butterflies . 312 38. On the wonderful Operations of Bees 316 39. On the ...
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... infects , trees , and vegetables , with their feveral parts , do grow out of water , and watery tinctures and falts ; and , by putrefaction , they all return again to watery fub- ftances " . The fame great philofopher defines water to ...
... infects , trees , and vegetables , with their feveral parts , do grow out of water , and watery tinctures and falts ; and , by putrefaction , they all return again to watery fub- ftances " . The fame great philofopher defines water to ...
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... infects , which derive fuftenance from their nectareous juices . As the beams of the fun become more potent , the larger vegetables , fhrubs , and trees , unfold their leaves ; and as foon as a friendly concealment is thus provi- ded ...
... infects , which derive fuftenance from their nectareous juices . As the beams of the fun become more potent , the larger vegetables , fhrubs , and trees , unfold their leaves ; and as foon as a friendly concealment is thus provi- ded ...
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... infects , which filled every part of the fummer landfcape with life and motion , are now either buried in profound fleep , or actually no longer exift , except in the unformed rudiments of a future progeny . Many of the birds and ...
... infects , which filled every part of the fummer landfcape with life and motion , are now either buried in profound fleep , or actually no longer exift , except in the unformed rudiments of a future progeny . Many of the birds and ...
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... infects from plundering the honey , or devouring the feed , and he thus poetically defcribes the plant and this its remarkable peculiarity : The fell Silene and her fifters fair , Skill'd in deftruction , fpread the viscous fnare .. The ...
... infects from plundering the honey , or devouring the feed , and he thus poetically defcribes the plant and this its remarkable peculiarity : The fell Silene and her fifters fair , Skill'd in deftruction , fpread the viscous fnare .. The ...
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