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 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... respect , proper for the reception of another egg . As wasps of different sexes differ greatly in size , they know how to construct cells proportioned to the dimensions of the fly that is to proceed from the egg which the female ...
... respect , proper for the reception of another egg . As wasps of different sexes differ greatly in size , they know how to construct cells proportioned to the dimensions of the fly that is to proceed from the egg which the female ...
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... respect to sex , in the same condition as the working bees ; that is , they are females in which the distinctive organs are not developed , and which are , therefore , barren . In each hive of bees , however , there is but one queen ...
... respect to sex , in the same condition as the working bees ; that is , they are females in which the distinctive organs are not developed , and which are , therefore , barren . In each hive of bees , however , there is but one queen ...
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... respects so unproductive of subject , his muse has spread her flight to the torrid zone , and enriched her landscape with foreign beauties and exotic won- ders . Nature , in our temperate regions , appears in this season to have nearly ...
... respects so unproductive of subject , his muse has spread her flight to the torrid zone , and enriched her landscape with foreign beauties and exotic won- ders . Nature , in our temperate regions , appears in this season to have nearly ...
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... respect to the sun , is much like that of the earth ; and , by a rotation on its axis , it enjoys an agreeable variety of seasons , and of day and night . To the moon , our globe would appear a capital satellite , undergoing the same ...
... respect to the sun , is much like that of the earth ; and , by a rotation on its axis , it enjoys an agreeable variety of seasons , and of day and night . To the moon , our globe would appear a capital satellite , undergoing the same ...
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... respect to the images it will receive from matter ; although , in- deed , the ideas of colours are so pleasing and beau tiful in the imagination , that it is possible the soul will not be deprived of them , but perhaps find them excited ...
... respect to the images it will receive from matter ; although , in- deed , the ideas of colours are so pleasing and beau tiful in the imagination , that it is possible the soul will not be deprived of them , but perhaps find them excited ...
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