The honey bee [by T. James].1852 |
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4. oldal
... says , that Euhemerus maintained that they were first pro- duced in the island of Cos , Euthronius in Mount Hymettus , and Nicander in Crete . And , consider- ing the obscurity of the subject and the discordant theories of modern times ...
... says , that Euhemerus maintained that they were first pro- duced in the island of Cos , Euthronius in Mount Hymettus , and Nicander in Crete . And , consider- ing the obscurity of the subject and the discordant theories of modern times ...
5. oldal
... says the writer , is a man in a rather high note endeavouring to repeat , in quaver or crotchet time , the letter M , with his lips constantly closed . " This is a tolerably easy music - lesson ; let our readers try . The fact , how ...
... says the writer , is a man in a rather high note endeavouring to repeat , in quaver or crotchet time , the letter M , with his lips constantly closed . " This is a tolerably easy music - lesson ; let our readers try . The fact , how ...
6. oldal
... say that no bee - fancier will content himself with anything less than the original : he will there find the beau- ties of the poet far out - balancing the errors of the naturalist ; and as even these may be useful to the learner for ...
... say that no bee - fancier will content himself with anything less than the original : he will there find the beau- ties of the poet far out - balancing the errors of the naturalist ; and as even these may be useful to the learner for ...
7. oldal
... says Lord Byron ; and those who have listened to this music in its full luxury , stretched upon some sunny bed of heather , where the perfume of the crushed thyme struggled with the faint smell of the bracken , can scarcely have failed ...
... says Lord Byron ; and those who have listened to this music in its full luxury , stretched upon some sunny bed of heather , where the perfume of the crushed thyme struggled with the faint smell of the bracken , can scarcely have failed ...
8. oldal
... says Butler , " is a gross , stingless bee , that spendeth his time in gluttony and idleness . For howsoever he brave it with his round velvet cap , his side gown , his full paunch , and his loud voice , yet is he but an idle companion ...
... says Butler , " is a gross , stingless bee , that spendeth his time in gluttony and idleness . For howsoever he brave it with his round velvet cap , his side gown , his full paunch , and his loud voice , yet is he but an idle companion ...
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97. oldal - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,...
94. oldal - Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed ? if you tickle us, do we not laugh ? if you poison us, do we not die ? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge ? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
7. oldal - A bee amongst the flowers in spring, is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment : so busy and so pleased...
17. oldal - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
84. oldal - It is difficult to describe the bewilderment and confusion of the bees of the bankrupt hive who had been absent at the time of the catastrophe, and who arrived from time to time, with full cargoes from abroad. At first they wheeled about in the air, in the place where the fallen tree had once reared its head, astonished at finding it all a vacuum.
82. oldal - ... bee. We had not been long in the camp, when a party set out in quest of a bee-tree ; and being curious to witness the sport, I gladly accepted an invitation to accompany them. The party was headed by a veteran...
83. oldal - Even a loud crack which announced the disrupture of the trunk, failed to divert their attention from the intense pursuit of gain ; at length down came the tree with a tremendous crash, bursting open from end to end, and displaying all the hoarded treasures of the commonwealth. One of the hunters immediately ran up with a wisp of lighted hay as a defence against the bees.
82. oldal - ... and without a hat, straddled along at his heels, with a long rifle on his shoulder. To these succeeded half a dozen others, some with axes and some with rifles, for no one stirs far from the camp without his firearms, so as to be ready either for wild deer or wild Indian.
83. oldal - The latter, however, made no attack and sought no revenge ; they seemed stupefied by the catastrophe and unsuspicious of its cause, and remained crawling and buzzing about the ruins without offering us any molestation. Every one of the party now fell to, with spoon and hunting-knife, to scoop out the flakes of honey-comb with which the hollow trunk was stored.
96. oldal - Obedience : for so work the honey bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order * to a peopled kingdom : They have a king, and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad...