 I once put a wasp into the net; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, it instantly broke all the bands that held it fast, and contributed all that lay in its power to disengage...  Select British Classics - Page 711804Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving...disengage so formidable an antagonist. When the wasp was set at liberty, I expected the spider would have set about repairing the breaches that were made in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 664 pages
...; but when the spider came out in order to seize it is usual, upon perceiving what kind of an snemy it" had to deal with, it instantly broke all the bands...disengage so formidable an antagonist. When the wasp was set at liberty, I expected the spider would have set about repairing the breaches that were made in... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...a single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net, but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving...broke all the bands that held it fast, and contributed aft that lay in its power to disengage so formidable an antagonist. When the wasp was at liberty, I... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, Irish - 1868 - 486 pages
...single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an snemy it had to deal with, it instantly broke all the bands that held it fast, and contributed all... | |
 | 1869 - 398 pages
...it subsisted for more than a week. I once pat a wasp into the nest ; but, when the spider came oat, in order to seize it, as usual, upon perceiving what...antagonist. When the wasp was at liberty, I expected that the spider would set about repairing the breaches that were made in its net, but those, it seems,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pages
...single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving...disengage so formidable an antagonist. When the wasp was a. liberty, I expected the spider would have set about repairing the breaches that were made in its... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English dramas - 1869 - 774 pages
...single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving...disengage so formidable an antagonist. When the wasp was a. liberty, I expected the spider would have set about repairing the breaches that were made in its... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 404 pages
...single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I nnco, put a wasp into the nest, but When the spider came out in order to seize it. as usual, upon perceiving...it instantly broke all the bands that held It fast, лпЛ contributed all that lay in its power to disengage so formidable an antagonist. When tho wasp... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1872 - 448 pages
...net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it jjs usual, upon perceiving what kind of au enemy it had to deal with, it instantly broke all...disengage so formidable an antagonist. When the wasp was set at liberty, I expected the spider would have set about repairing the breaches that were made in... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1872 - 264 pages
...week. I once put a wasp into the nest, but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, it, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, instantly broke all the bands that held it fast, and contributed all that lay in its power to disengage... | |
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