The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... corn , which they keep under ground in the night . Those who have seen ant - hillocks , have easily perceived those small heaps of corn about their nests . What surprised me at first was , that my ants never brought out their corn but ...
... corn , which they keep under ground in the night . Those who have seen ant - hillocks , have easily perceived those small heaps of corn about their nests . What surprised me at first was , that my ants never brought out their corn but ...
Page 160
... corn on which she feeds , as I have observed a thousand times , would fill up her magazine , and mix her corn with dirt and ordure . The corn that is laid up by ants , would shoot under ground , if those insects did not take care to ...
... corn on which she feeds , as I have observed a thousand times , would fill up her magazine , and mix her corn with dirt and ordure . The corn that is laid up by ants , would shoot under ground , if those insects did not take care to ...
Page 161
... corn that is cut , being deprived of its bud , would be filled with small sandy particles , that could not easily ... corn after the same man- ner , and place it round the earth . Thus one may see two heaps surrounding their hole , one ...
... corn that is cut , being deprived of its bud , would be filled with small sandy particles , that could not easily ... corn after the same man- ner , and place it round the earth . Thus one may see two heaps surrounding their hole , one ...
Page 162
... corn : they were sometimes disappointed , and sometimes they did not like their corn , after many long and painful excursions . What appeared to me wonderful was , that none of them came home with- out bringing something : one brought a ...
... corn : they were sometimes disappointed , and sometimes they did not like their corn , after many long and painful excursions . What appeared to me wonderful was , that none of them came home with- out bringing something : one brought a ...
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James Ferguson. garden , others to the fifth story , in quest of some corn . It was a very hard journey for them , especially when they came home loaded with a pretty large grain of corn , which must needs be a heavy burden for an ant ...
James Ferguson. garden , others to the fifth story , in quest of some corn . It was a very hard journey for them , especially when they came home loaded with a pretty large grain of corn , which must needs be a heavy burden for an ant ...
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Page 225 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 224 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 225 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 225 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 46 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 53 - ... of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit, the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Page 62 - And there we wrestled for the two greatest and dearest prizes we could ever expect trial for, honour and life. In which struggling my hand, having but an ordinary glove on it, lost one of her servants though the meanest; which hung by a skin, and to...
Page 68 - A GOOD conscience is to the soul what health is to the body : it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befal us.
Page 52 - Sickness is a sort of early old age ; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our outworks.
Page 53 - I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and told the house would tumble over his head, made answer, " What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger.