Insect

Examples

• Begone, vile insect! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But he saw none here, only an insect-like repulsiveness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But the great image contemplated the dead ages as calmly as ever, unconscious of the small insect that was fretting at its jaw. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The silent being who thus occupied himself seemed to be of no more account in life than an insect. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• When an insect visits a flower of this kind, it rubs off some of the viscid matter, and thus at the same time drags away some of the pollen-grains. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• An insect like a dragon fly is shown. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But before the armour of his pity really broke, he would die, as an insect when its shell is cracked. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Fabre, as an active, minute insect, furnished with six legs, two long antennae, and four eyes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The airs these little insect Governments put on are in the last degree ridiculous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But where his ruder blows could not penetrate, the fine, insinuating blade of Loerke's insect-like comprehension could. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She was docile and good tempered, yet gay and playful as a summer insect. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• As he looked a trout rose for some insect and made a circle on the surface close to where the chip was turning. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In the Onites apelles the tarsi are so habitually lost that the insect has been described as not having them. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Another insect, it is said, produces the cochineal, from whence we have our rich scarlet dye. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Among insects there are innumerable instances; thus Linnaeus, misled by external appearances, actually classed an homopterous insect as a moth. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Various methods were resorted to in order to keep mold and insects from spoiling the product. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Your observations on what you have lately read concerning insects is very just and solid. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Mr. Bumble was meditating; it might be that the insects brought to mind, some painful passage in his own past life. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The quiet in the house, and the low murmuring hum of summer insects outside the open window, soothed me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Nearly all our orchidaceous plants absolutely require the visits of insects to remove their pollen-masses and thus to fertilise them. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Can a more striking instance of adaptation be given than that of a woodpecker for climbing trees and seizing insects in the chinks of the bark? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The archipelago, though not rich in insects, afforded several new genera, each island with its distinct kinds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Yet in North America there are woodpeckers which feed largely on fruit, and others with elongated wings which chase insects on the wing. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Now, it is scarcely possible for insects to fly from flower to flower, and not to carry pollen from one to the other, to the great good of the plant. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is a noble staircase, and from a distance the people toiling up it looked like insects. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They have other kinds of insects, but it does not make them arrogant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The taste of the coffee, the insects, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But she knew from her reading infinitely more of the ways of toiling insects than of these toiling men and women. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• However, a number of the laborers usually remain in the huts, loafing and fighting the animals and insects that seek refuge from the rising waters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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