 ... circle round each other without contention, each in his sphere, and with no apparent object, from morning until night, with great sprightliness and animation ; and so lightly do they move on the fluid, as to form only some faint and transient circles...  The life of an insect [signed R.E.]. - Side 210av R. E - 1849Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1829 - 660 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before. This plain, tiny, gliding water flea, seems a very unlikely creature to arrest... | |
 | 1824 - 514 sider
...pool may afford space for the amusement of several of these companies, yet they do not commonly unite, but perform their cheerful circlings in separate family...associations : if we interfere with their merriment, they instantly disperse, or dive to the bottom, but shortly all fear is over, and our little party are seen... | |
 | 1829 - 512 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...disperse, or dive to the bottom, where their fears shorlly subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before. This plain, tiny,... | |
 | James Rennie - 1830 - 440 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before. This plain, tiny, gliding •water-flea seems a very unlikely creature to arrest... | |
 | 1830 - 644 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before. This plain, tiny, gliding water-flea seems a very unlikely creature to arrest... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp - 1831 - 330 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...not unite, or contend, but perform their cheerful circlihgs in separate family associations. If we interfere with their merriment they seem greatly alarmed,... | |
 | William Jardine - 1835 - 412 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...greatly alarmed, disperse, or dive to the bottom, when their fears shortly subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before.... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp, Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 370 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before. This lively little animal, arising from its winter retreat shortly after the frog,... | |
 | James Duncan - 1858 - 408 sider
...as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom see them alone, or, if parted by accident, they soon rejoin...greatly alarmed, disperse, or dive to the bottom, when their fears shortly subside, as we soon again see our little merry friends gamboling as before.... | |
 | 1858 - 810 sider
...to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society ; we seldom see them alone, or if parted by accident they soon rejoin...yet they do not unite or contend, but perform their circlings in separate family associations. If we interfere with their merriment they seem greatly alarmed,... | |
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