The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Bind 4Bohn, 1854 |
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Side 277
... ants keep their distance ? Here you may observe one placed upon a little eminence , and looking down on a long row of labourers . He is the richest insect on this side the hillock , he has a walk of half a yard in length , and a quarter ...
... ants keep their distance ? Here you may observe one placed upon a little eminence , and looking down on a long row of labourers . He is the richest insect on this side the hillock , he has a walk of half a yard in length , and a quarter ...
Side 278
... ants of all qualities and conditions swarm about him . Should this straw drop out of his mouth , you would see all this numerous circle of attendants follow the next that took it up , and leave the discarded insect , or run over his ...
... ants of all qualities and conditions swarm about him . Should this straw drop out of his mouth , you would see all this numerous circle of attendants follow the next that took it up , and leave the discarded insect , or run over his ...
Side 286
... ants , to be a lively image of the earth , peopled by human creatures . This supposition will not appear too forced or strained to those who are acquainted with the natural history of these little insects , in order to which I shall ...
... ants , to be a lively image of the earth , peopled by human creatures . This supposition will not appear too forced or strained to those who are acquainted with the natural history of these little insects , in order to which I shall ...
Side 287
... ants , and studied all their actions . Being used to go to bed very late , I went to see them work in a moonshiny night ; and I did frequently get up in the night , to take a view of their labours . I always found some going up and down ...
... ants , and studied all their actions . Being used to go to bed very late , I went to see them work in a moonshiny night ; and I did frequently get up in the night , to take a view of their labours . I always found some going up and down ...
Side 288
... ants ' nest , about half an inch deep ; and then it goes down sloping into a place where they have their magazine , which I take to be a different place from that where they rest and eat . For it is highly improbable that an ant , which ...
... ants ' nest , about half an inch deep ; and then it goes down sloping into a place where they have their magazine , which I take to be a different place from that where they rest and eat . For it is highly improbable that an ant , which ...
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