Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-history, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 3T. Bensley and sold by J. Wallis, 1800 - Agriculture |
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... whole time that is allotted for it to enjoy the blessings of life in this state . Though myriads of them are produced every year in certain places in Eu- rope , there is , perhaps , scarcely one of these that ever sees the light of the ...
... whole time that is allotted for it to enjoy the blessings of life in this state . Though myriads of them are produced every year in certain places in Eu- rope , there is , perhaps , scarcely one of these that ever sees the light of the ...
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... whole time , though it neither increases in size nor varies materially from its former shape ; in which respects it differs greatly from those classes of insects that afsume the form of a chrysalis ( Vol . II . page 361 ) ; and Z re ...
... whole time , though it neither increases in size nor varies materially from its former shape ; in which respects it differs greatly from those classes of insects that afsume the form of a chrysalis ( Vol . II . page 361 ) ; and Z re ...
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... whole wing , and bearing some resem- blance to the feathers of some birds , as may be more distinctly recognised by inspecting the figure . The under wings n n are small , and , joining closely with the others , seem to form one ...
... whole wing , and bearing some resem- blance to the feathers of some birds , as may be more distinctly recognised by inspecting the figure . The under wings n n are small , and , joining closely with the others , seem to form one ...
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... whole of the surface of that branch of the river , especially at that side of it where I stood , can neither be exprefsed nor conceived ; but it was chiefly about me , and those who accompanied me , that it was the most prodigious ...
... whole of the surface of that branch of the river , especially at that side of it where I stood , can neither be exprefsed nor conceived ; but it was chiefly about me , and those who accompanied me , that it was the most prodigious ...
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... whole body covered with these flies in an instant ; they rushed to him from all parts in such quantities as to opprefs him . The light of that candle occasioned , and put it in our power to see a spectacle altogether different from any ...
... whole body covered with these flies in an instant ; they rushed to him from all parts in such quantities as to opprefs him . The light of that candle occasioned , and put it in our power to see a spectacle altogether different from any ...
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Page 235 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Page 236 - ... to add, he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent. How different this is from the conduct of a polite British House of Commons, where scarce a day passes without some confusion, that makes the speaker hoarse in calling to order ; and how different from the mode of conversation in many polite companies of Europe, where, if you do not deliver your sentence with great rapidity, you are cut off in the middle of it by the impatient...
Page 235 - ... of the sages; there is no force, there are no prisons, no officers to compel obedience, or inflict punishment. Hence they generally study oratory; the best speaker having the most influence. The Indian women till the ground, dress the food, nurse and bring up the children, and preserve and hand down to posterity the memory of public transactions.
Page 285 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 168 - As those we love decay, we die in part, String after string is sever'd from the heart ; Till loosen'd life at last — but breathing clay, Without one pang, is glad to fall away. Unhappy he who latest feels the blow, Whose eyes have wept o'er every friend laid low, Dragg'd lingering on from partial death to death, Till dying, all he can resign is breath.
Page 239 - Conrad answered all his questions; and when the discourse began to flag, the Indian, to continue it, said, "Conrad, you have lived long among the white people, and know something of their customs; I have been sometimes at Albany, and have observed that once in seven days they shut up their shops and assemble all in the great house; tell me what it is for? What do they do there?" "They meet there," says Conrad, "to hear and learn good things.
Page 239 - ... guides, or any necessaries for continuing their journey; and nothing is exacted for the entertainment. The same hospitality, esteemed among them as a principal virtue, is practised by private persons; of which Conrad Weiser, our interpreter, gave me the following instance. He had been naturalized among the Six Nations, and spoke well the Mohawk language.
Page 241 - ... and we spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on ; we demand nothing in return. But, if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, 'Where is your money?' and if I have none, they say,
Page 237 - What you have told us," says he, "is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers.
Page 235 - Nations would send down half a dozen of their sons to that college, the government would take care that they should be well provided for, and instructed in all the learning of the white people. It is one of the Indian rules of politeness, not to answer a public proposition the same day that it is made ; they think it would be treating it as a light matter, and that they show it respect by taking time to consider it, as of a matter important.