| William Bingley - 1803 - Počet stránok 624
...(which renders them less an object of attention,) and from their numbers and fecundity. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds which are... | |
| William Bingley - 1805 - Počet stránok 622
...Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link iu the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds that are supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1812 - Počet stránok 654
...in their effect, as well from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention, as from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable Link, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm in the Chain of Nature ; for to say nothing of half the... | |
| Charles Fothergill - 1813 - Počet stránok 288
...these poor * History of Selbornc, vol. ip 364. despised animals ; for he has well observed, that " Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable...almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating,... | |
| 1823 - Počet stránok 872
...extremity of the earthworm, resembling a good deal the medullary matter of the brain *. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds which are... | |
| Gilbert White - 1829 - Počet stránok 364
...mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though...almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegethey were her own offspring. This circumstance corroborates my suspicion, that... | |
| Stephen Glover - 1829 - Počet stránok 600
...mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention than their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in...almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut lamely without them, by boring, perforating... | |
| 1829 - Počet stránok 642
...render them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though iu appearance a small and despicable link in the chain...birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supjsirted by them, worms seem to be great promoters ot' vegetation — which would proceed but lamely... | |
| 1829 - Počet stránok 516
...might у in their effect from their minuteness, which render them !*•" an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though...make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half tb>birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great... | |
| 1829 - Počet stránok 514
...Earth-worms, though in appearance a small iui« despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, wnul« make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half...birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely »upported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vei^ tation — which would proceed but lamely... | |
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