 some worms, and some kinds of bees and wasps are, either of dew or out of the corruption of the earth, seems to be made probable by the barnacles and young goslings bred by the sun's heat and the rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees.  Popular Science Monthly - Page 4291902Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - 1775 - 620 pages
...of Eels that breed irt it. But that Eels may be bred as fome worms, and fome kind of bets and wafps are, either of dew, or out of the corruption of the earth, feems to be made probable by the barnacles and young goflings bred by the fun's heat, and -the rotten.... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 494 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees; both which are related for truths by Du Bartas and Lobel, 2 and also by our learned Camden, and laborious... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of Bees and Wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old Ship, and hatched of trees ; both which are related for truths by Du Bartas and Lobel, and also by our learned Camden, and laborious... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1833 - 380 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...the sun's heat and the rotten planks of an old ship, and.hatched of trees; both which are related for ยป This absurdity appears to have been implicitly... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1836 - 358 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees ; both which are related for And others say that Eels, growing old, breed other Eels out of the corruption... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 594 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees; both which are related for truths by Du Bartas and Lobel, and also by our learned Camden, and laborious... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1844 - 512 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees; both which are related for truths by Da Bartas and Label, and also by our learned Camden, and laborious... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1844 - 532 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees; both which are related for truths by Du Bartas and Label, and also by our learned Camden, and laborious... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1851 - 502 pages
...innumerable number of Eels that breed in it. But that Eels may be bred, as some worms and some kind of bees and wasps are, either of dew, or out of the...rotten planks of an old ship, and hatched of trees; both which are related for truths by Du Bartas and Label,* and also by our learned Camden, and laborious... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 pages
...innumerable number of eels that breed in it. But that eels may be bred as some worms, and some kind of bees and wasps are either of dew, or out of the...barnacles and young goslings bred by the sun's heat 1 The most universal scholar of his time; he was born at Durham, about 671, and bred under St. John... | |
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