 I have seen the insect, being come to its full size, languish, and refuse to eat : it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone : it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. — I looked again...  Hymns in Prose for Children - Page 95by Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1866 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1814 - 214 pages
...full size, languish and refuse to eat : it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone ; it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. I...with thee, O man ! and so shall thy life be renewed, ' t Beauty shall spring up out of ashes; and life out of the dust. A little while shalt thou lie in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pages
...and refuse to cat: it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone; it lay without fcet, or shape, or power to move. I looked again : it had...it rejoiced in its new being. Thus shall it be with thce, O man' and so shall thy life be renewed. Beauty shall spring up out of ashes, and life out of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 pages
...a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone : it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move.—I looked again: it had burst its tomb ; it was full...through the soft air; it rejoiced in its new being. 4. Thus shall it be with thee, O man! and so shall thy life be renewed.. Beauty shall spring up out... | |
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1819 - 66 pages
...fall size, languish and refuse to eat ; it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone ; it lay without feet or shape, or power to move. I...coloured wings through the soft air ; it rejoiced iu its new being. , Thus shall it be with thee, O man ! and so shall thy life be renewed. Beauty shall... | |
 | 1819 - 186 pages
...full size, languish, and refuse to eat : it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone: it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. — I looked again ; it had burst it* tomb ; it was full of life, and sailed on coloured wings through the soft air ; it rejoiced in... | |
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1820 - 128 pages
...itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone; it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. 1 looked again, it had burst its tomb: it was full of...with thee, O man! and so shall thy life be renewed. ; n.-. .•• • ' Beauty shall spring up out of ashes ; and life out of the dust. A little while... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...full size, languish, and refuse to eat: it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone ; it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. I...through the soft air; it rejoiced in its new being. beauty, nor music ; gloom and darkness brooded around. I looked : the sun broke forth again from the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 474 pages
...full size, languish and refuse to eat : it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken eone ; it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. I...the soft air ; it rejoiced in its new being. " Thus sliall it be with thee, O man ! and so shall thy life be renewed. Beauty shall spring up out of ashes... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 pages
...full size, languish and refuse to eat: it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken eone ; it lay without feet, or shape, or power to move. I...tomb ; it was full of life, and sailed on coloured wing* through the soft air; it rejoiced in its new being. " Thus shall it be with thec, O man ! and... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1823 - 232 pages
...size, languish and refuse to eat. It spun itself into a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken cone ; it lay without feet or shape, or power to move. I looked again, it had burst its tomb : rt was full of life, and sailed on coloured wings through the soft ^ir ; it rejoiced in its new being.... | |
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