 Indians once brought me (says she), before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these lantern flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night, they made such a noise, that I awoke in a fright, and ordered a light to be brought, not...  Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Page 249by William Bingley - 1803Full view - About this book
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 722 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these lanthoruflies, which 1 shul up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise that I woke in a fright and ordered a light to be brought, not knowing whence the noise proceeded. As soon... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...before 1 knew that they shone by night, a number of these lantern-flies, wbich I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise, that I awoke ina fright, and ordered a light to be brought : not knowing then whence the noise proceeded. As soon... | |
 | William O'Regan - 1817 - 342 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these lantern flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise that...in a fright, and ordered a light to be brought, not knowing from whence the noise proceeded. -As soon as we found that it came from the box, we opened... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these Lantern Flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise, that...in a fright, and ordered a light to be brought, not knowing from whence the noise proceeded. As we found that it came from the box, we opened it, but were... | |
 | William O'Regan - 1817 - 348 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these lantern flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise that...in a fright, and ordered a light to be brought, not knowing from whence the noise proceeded. As soon as we found that it came from the box, we opened it... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 906 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these lantern-flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise, that...a fright, and ordered a light to be brought : not knowing then whence the noise proceeded. As soon as we found that it came from the box, we opened it... | |
 | 1822 - 194 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these Lantern Flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night, they made such a noise,...in a fright, and ordered a light to be brought, not knowing from whence the noise proceeded. As we found that it came from the box, we opened it, but were... | |
 | 1836 - 634 pages
...lantern flies, which I shtat up in a large wooden box. In the night, they mada such a noise that 1 awoke in a fright, and ordered a light to be brought,...alarmed, and let it fall to the ground in my fright, on seeing a flame of fire come out of it ; and as many insects as came out, so many different flames... | |
 | 1825 - 366 pages
...they made such a noise, that I awoke in a fright, not being able to guess from whence the noise 'came. As soon as I found that it came from the box, I opened it, but was still more alarmed w hen I saw a flame of fire come from it ; and as many animals as came out, so many different flames... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...before I knew that they shone by night, a number of these Lantern-flies, which I shut up in a large wooden box. In the night they made such a noise, that...ordered a light to be .brought, not being able to guess whence the noise proceeded. As soon as I found that it came from the box, I opened it, but was still... | |
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