 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...  Select British Classics - Pagina 721804Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1872 - 534 pagina’s
...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,...hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack. — Animated Nature. [REY. GILBERT WHITE. 1720 — 1793.] THE ROOKS RETURNING TO THEIR NESTS. THE evening... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1873
...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 holes, prepared either for a defence or an attack. — Goldsmith. THE DICTATION PRIZE. PART I. ON Monday,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875
...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,...hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack. GOLDSMITH. HOME AND CLASS WORK. Learn, the spellings and meanings at the top of ths page ; and write... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 426 pagina’s
...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,...immediately leave its hole, prepared either for a defense or an attack. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. SWEET Auburn ! loveliest village of the plain, Where health... | |
 | 1875
...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 for a defense or an attack. LESSON VI. SANDALPHON. BY HW LONGFELLOW. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was... | |
 | English authors - 1876
...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,...hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack. — The Bee, N 2 6. Dr. Primrose the Monogamist. MATRIMONY was always one of my favourite topics, and... | |
 | 1877 - 182 pagina’s
...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,...hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack. — GOLDSMITH. SCENES IN INDIA. I stood under the shade of a large banian tree, enjoying the sight... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 426 pagina’s
...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,...immediately leave its hole, prepared either for a defense or an attack. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. SWEET Auburn ! loveliest village of the plain, Where health... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 416 pagina’s
...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,...hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack. — Oliver Goldsmith. LESSON 68. AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE. OH, good painter, tell me true, Has your hand... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 284 pagina’s
...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,...immediately leave its hole, prepared either for a defense or an attack. Oliver Goldsmith. FOR PREPARATION. — I. One of the many works that Goldsmith... | |
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