 ... of its web, and taking no sustenance that I could perceive. At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith.. - Seite 206von Oliver Goldsmith - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 280 Seiten
...surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net around its captive, by which the motion of its wings was...this manner, it was seized and dragged into the hole. 6. In this manner it lived, in a precarious state ; and Nature seemed to have fitted it for such a... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 268 Seiten
...much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. 5. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net around its captive, by which the motion of its wings was stopped ; and when it was fairly hampered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1879 - 266 Seiten
...much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave ft new net round its captive, by which the motion of its wings was stopped ; and, when it was fairly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 952 Seiten
...much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new uet round its captive, by which the motion of its wings was stopped ; and, when it was fairly hampered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 714 Seiten
...much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong tor the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in...for such a life, for upon a single fly it subsisted tor more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize... | |
 | John Dryden, Oliver Goldsmith - 1882 - 314 Seiten
...much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in...which the motion of its wings was stopped ; and when ifc was fairly hampered in thin manner, it was seized and dragged into the hole. In this manner it... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 966 Seiten
...much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in...new net round its captive, by which the motion of ita wings was stopped ; and, when it was fairly hampered in this manner, it was seized and dragged... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 524 Seiten
...itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net around its captive, by which the motion of its wings was stopped, and when it was fairly entangled... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 516 Seiten
...itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net around its captive, by which the motion of its wings was stopped, and when it was fairly entangled... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 514 Seiten
...itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net around its captive, by which the motion of its wings was stopped, and when it was fairly entangled... | |
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