The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... hives , Nor taste the honey purchased with your lives . When a seed is sown in a reversed position , the young root turns downward to enter the earth , and the stem bends upward to ascend into the air . Con- fine a young stem to an ...
... hives , Nor taste the honey purchased with your lives . When a seed is sown in a reversed position , the young root turns downward to enter the earth , and the stem bends upward to ascend into the air . Con- fine a young stem to an ...
Page 375
... hive , and , selfish in her toils , To her own private use convert the spoils . Love of the stock first called her forth to roam , And to the stock she brings her honey home 3 . 1 King Henry V. Act . i . 2 Essay on Man , iii . 3 Gotham ...
... hive , and , selfish in her toils , To her own private use convert the spoils . Love of the stock first called her forth to roam , And to the stock she brings her honey home 3 . 1 King Henry V. Act . i . 2 Essay on Man , iii . 3 Gotham ...
Page 376
... hive , every part is arranged with such symmetry , and so finely finished , that , if limited to the same materials , the most expert workman would find himself unqualified to construct a similar habitation , or rather a similar city ...
... hive , every part is arranged with such symmetry , and so finely finished , that , if limited to the same materials , the most expert workman would find himself unqualified to construct a similar habitation , or rather a similar city ...
Page 377
... hive , and gives a double entry into the cells of which the comb is composed . As a further saving of wax , and preventing of void spaces , the bases of the cells in one row of a comb serve for bases to the opposite row . In a word ...
... hive , and gives a double entry into the cells of which the comb is composed . As a further saving of wax , and preventing of void spaces , the bases of the cells in one row of a comb serve for bases to the opposite row . In a word ...
Page 378
... hive , is much larger than either . A cell destined for the lodgement of a male or female worm must , therefore , be consider- ably larger than the cell of the smaller working bees . The number of cells destined for the reception of the ...
... hive , is much larger than either . A cell destined for the lodgement of a male or female worm must , therefore , be consider- ably larger than the cell of the smaller working bees . The number of cells destined for the reception of the ...
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