 The insect I am now describing lived three years : every year it changed its skin and got a new set of legs. I have sometimes plucked off a leg, which grew again in two or three days. At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so...  The Bee: And Other Essays - Pagina 81door Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 281 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 874 pagina’s
...firft it dreaded my approach to it's wcb,' but at la: i it became fo familiar, as to take a fly out of my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web, would immediately leave it's hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack. To complete this defcription, it may be obferved,... | |
 | 1788 - 404 pagina’s
...dreaded my approach in its web, but at lad it became to familiar, as to take a fly out of my hand j and upon my touching any part of the web, would immediately leave the hole, prepared either for a defence or attack. To complete this defcription, it may be obferved,... | |
 | 1804 - 174 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web,...observed, that the male spiders are much less than the female, and that the latter are oviparous. When they come to lay, they spread a part of their web under... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out of my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web,...observed* that the male spiders are much less than the female, and that the latter are oviparous. When they come to lay, they spread a part of their web tinder... | |
 | 1770 - 790 pagina’s
...At firll it dreaded my apprwach in its web, but at lail it became fo familiar, as to take a fly out of my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web, would immedi•• ately UTeTy fcav< the hole, prepared either Tor a defence or attack. To complete this... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out of my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web,...observed, that the male spiders are much less than the female, and that the latter are oviparous. When they come to lay, they spread a part of their web under... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 514 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web; but at last it bacame so familiar, as to take a fly out of my hand; and upon my touching any part of the web,...observed, that the male spiders are much less than the female, and that the latter are oviparous. When they come to lay, they spread a part of their web under... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 486 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out of my hand ; and upon my touching any part of the web, would immediately leave its hole, prepared cither for a defence or an attack. To complete this description, it may be observed, that the male... | |
 | 1821 - 384 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web ; but at last it became so familiar, as to take a fly out of my hand ; and upon my touching any part of the...observed, that the male spiders are much less than the female, and that the latter are oviparous. When they come to lay, they spread a part of their web under... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pagina’s
...At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out of my hand ; and upon my touching any part of the...observed, that the male spiders are much less than the female, and that the latter are oviparous. When they come to lay, they spread a part of their web under... | |
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