 ... to another's web for three days, and at length, having killed the defendant, actually took possession. When smaller flies happen to fall into the snare, the spider does not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for,...  Select British Classics - Pagina 711804Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Emma J. Todd - 1896 - 522 pagina’s
...not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for, upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...the captive has wasted all its strength, and then it becomes a certain and easy conquest. The insect I am now describing lived three years; every year... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 464 pagina’s
...does not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...the captive has wasted all its strength, and then it becomes a certain and easy conquest. The insect I am now describing lived three years; every year... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1901 - 572 pagina’s
...does not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...and impotent struggles, the captive has wasted all his strength, and then he becomes a certain and easy conquest. The insect I am now describing lived... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 330 pagina’s
...not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for, upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...changed its skin and got a new set of legs. I have I sometimes plucked off a leg, which grew again in two orj three days. At first it dreaded my approach... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 414 pagina’s
...sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them ; for, 30 upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...strength, and then he becomes a certain and easy conquest. ANECDOTES OF A SPIDER 213 " The insect I am now describing lived three years ; every year it changed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 302 pagina’s
...not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them ; for, upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...all its strength, and then he becomes a certain and an easy conquest. The insect I am now describing lived three years; every year it changed its skin,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 pagina’s
...not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them ; for, upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...get loose ; the manner, then, is to wait patiently, 20 till, by ineffectual and impotent struggles, the captive has wasted all its strength, and then he... | |
 | Kate O'Neill - 1906 - 200 pagina’s
...begin with a capital letter. 1. — My brother had, in 1720 or 1721, begun to print a newspaper. 2. — The insect I am now describing lived three years ;...year it changed its skin and got a new set of legs. 3. — Ninety years ago it could hardly be said that such a thing as American literature was in existence.... | |
 | 1911 - 202 pagina’s
...does not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...the captive has wasted all its strength, and then it becomes a certain and easy conquest. The insect I am now describing lived three years; every year... | |
 | 1911 - 200 pagina’s
...not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them ; for upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give...loose ; the manner then is to wait patiently till, by ineffectn171 al and impotent struggles, the captive has wasted all its strength, and then it becomes... | |
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