Insects

Examples

• 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.
• So it is with the plants and insects on small and uniform islets: also in small ponds of fresh water. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Invisible insects of diabolical activity swarm in this place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• These insects were as large as partridges: I took out their stings, found them an inch and a half long, and as sharp as needles. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I am going on both with the fauna and flora; but I have at least done my insects well. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It examines the instincts that serve so wonderfully the survival of var ious species of insects. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This would attract similar lights from various dark quarters, like so many insects, and a fresh consultation would be held. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• All vertebrate animals, all insects and some other large groups of animals, pair for each birth. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• They were insects. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When first collecting in the fresh waters of Brazil, I well remember feeling much surprise at the similarity of the fresh-water insects, shells, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Creosote is poisonous to insects and many small animals, and thus acts as a preservation not only against the elements but against animal life as well. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This philosophical naturalist, I may add, has also shown that the muscles in the larvae of certain insects are far from uniform. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Insects in seeking the nectar would get dusted with pollen, and would often transport it from one flower to another. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• He would have various grubs and insects, the large larv? of beetles and various caterpillars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The addition of 1 ounce of powdered colocynth to the above amount will effectually banish all insects and worms from the walls where the paper is pasted. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Amidst this luxuriant primitive vegetation crawled and glided and flew the first insects. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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