 | London readers - 1878 - 344 pages
...covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin,...distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for attack or defence, it has several eyes, large, transparent, and covered with a horny substance, which,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 446 pages
...covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin, which eludes the stir.g even of a wasp. Its legs are terminated by strong claws, not unlike 'those of the lobster; and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 780 pages
...with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the ! attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin,...of a lobster ; and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for an attack... | |
 | John Dryden, Oliver Goldsmith - 1882 - 314 pages
...covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin,...of a lobster; and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for an attack... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 592 pages
...by strong elaws, not unlike those of a lobster; and their vast length, like spears, serves to kcep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished...several eyes, large, transparent, and covered with a horny substance, which, however, docs not impede its vision. Besides this, it is furnished with a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 784 pages
...covered with a strong natural coal of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin,...of a lobster; and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for an attack... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 554 pages
...covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin,...of a lobster, and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for an attack... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 494 pages
...covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin,...of a lobster, and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for an attack... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 516 pages
...is impenetrable to the attacks of every other insect, and its body is enveloped in a soft, pliable skin, which eludes the sting even of a wasp. Its legs...of a lobster; and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for attack or... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 524 pages
...is impenetrable to the attacks of every other insect, and its body is enveloped in a soft, pliable skin, which eludes. the sting even of a wasp. Its...of a lobster; and their vast length, like spears, serves to keep every assailant at a distance. Not worse furnished for observation than for attack or... | |
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This insect is formed by nature for a state of war, not only upon other insects, but upon each other. For this state nature seems perfectly well to have formed it. Its head and breast are covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable... 
