Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and Interspersed with Poetry (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected From Natural History, and Interspersed With Poetry

Every one admires the majestic Horse. With how rapid career does he bound along the plain Yet the Grasshopper springs for ward with a bound abundantly more impe tuons. The Ant too, in proportion to his size, excels him both in swiftness and strength, and will climb precipices which the most courageous courser dares not at tempt to scale. If the Snail moves more slowly, she has however no need to go the same way twice over; because, whenever she departs, wherever she roams, she is always at home.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.