The Revolt of the Bees ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 - 272 pages |
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... produce his plans of reformation . " “ I am aware , ” said Orpheus , " that I have un- dertaken an invidious task ; since in proposing any alteration in the economy of the hive , many will erroneously apprehend that , because their ...
... produce his plans of reformation . " “ I am aware , ” said Orpheus , " that I have un- dertaken an invidious task ; since in proposing any alteration in the economy of the hive , many will erroneously apprehend that , because their ...
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... produce of their labour , and of which produce they had now too great an abundance ? It so hap- for an institution , which in the view of it above given is so pa- radoxical and unnatural . " The principal of these advantages are the ...
... produce of their labour , and of which produce they had now too great an abundance ? It so hap- for an institution , which in the view of it above given is so pa- radoxical and unnatural . " The principal of these advantages are the ...
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... produce the most complicated misery and the most injurious pro- pensities , were still unable to eradicate that sympa- thy which the bees in common with all other ani- mated beings manifest towards others of the same a See Ramazini's ...
... produce the most complicated misery and the most injurious pro- pensities , were still unable to eradicate that sympa- thy which the bees in common with all other ani- mated beings manifest towards others of the same a See Ramazini's ...
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... produced immense quantities of honey and wax , a " Tell him to be virtuous , to be beneficent , to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures ; you must show him it is his interest to be so . Tell him to be virtuous , and surround ...
... produced immense quantities of honey and wax , a " Tell him to be virtuous , to be beneficent , to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures ; you must show him it is his interest to be so . Tell him to be virtuous , and surround ...
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... produced , until the country is afflicted with superabun- dance and low prices . What physical and moral consequences attend this oscillation thought of . among the producers , are seldom But So many difficulties had the influential ...
... produced , until the country is afflicted with superabun- dance and low prices . What physical and moral consequences attend this oscillation thought of . among the producers , are seldom But So many difficulties had the influential ...
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Page 130 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Page 232 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all the strand. Contented toil and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty and faithful love.
Page 136 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave; Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave: Is he a Churchman?
Page 171 - What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air?
Page 151 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 258 - Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Page 106 - Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed, and I have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken to ease the nation of so grievous an encumbrance.
Page 151 - For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page 13 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.