Time's telescope; or, A Complete guide to the almanack [ed. by J. Millard].John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) 1820 |
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... fields ; they enter the habitations of man , and , by eating into the stoutest timber of which they are constructed , gradually reduce them to ruins . They destroy his furniture and clothing ; some of them spare not even his person ...
... fields ; they enter the habitations of man , and , by eating into the stoutest timber of which they are constructed , gradually reduce them to ruins . They destroy his furniture and clothing ; some of them spare not even his person ...
Strona xix
... field against armies of locusts with a train of artillery . Little inferior to the locust in its destructive powers is the phalana graminis of Linnæus , which destroys the meadows in Sweden . There the peasants are employed in cutting ...
... field against armies of locusts with a train of artillery . Little inferior to the locust in its destructive powers is the phalana graminis of Linnæus , which destroys the meadows in Sweden . There the peasants are employed in cutting ...
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... fields , & c . are prostrated with the clouds that settle upon them ; trees are covered , and the branches bent and broken down . The barracks and buildings in the vicinity , at the ends and sides not exposed to the sun , are entirely ...
... fields , & c . are prostrated with the clouds that settle upon them ; trees are covered , and the branches bent and broken down . The barracks and buildings in the vicinity , at the ends and sides not exposed to the sun , are entirely ...
Strona xxvii
... field . COWPER . Insects are distinguished from all other animals by many peculiarities of form , None of other classes have more legs than four . But most insects have six ; and many of them eight , ten , fourteen , sixteen , eighteen ...
... field . COWPER . Insects are distinguished from all other animals by many peculiarities of form , None of other classes have more legs than four . But most insects have six ; and many of them eight , ten , fourteen , sixteen , eighteen ...
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... field ; Bolsters for mountains , hills , and wheaten mows ; Cats for ram goats - and curs for bulls and cows . ' All this , my lads , I freely grant ; But better things from you I want . As Shakspeare says ( a bard I much approve ) 4 ...
... field ; Bolsters for mountains , hills , and wheaten mows ; Cats for ram goats - and curs for bulls and cows . ' All this , my lads , I freely grant ; But better things from you I want . As Shakspeare says ( a bard I much approve ) 4 ...
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