 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pages
...on this point, as agreeable as what he is speaking of. "A bee among the flowers in spring," says Dr. Paley, "is one of the cheerfullest objects that can...Its life appears to be all enjoyment, so busy and so phased." THE COMPANION. THE COMPANION. ' The first quality in a Companion is Truth." SIB W. CHAPTER... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Christian life - 1845 - 338 pages
...their lately discovered faculties. A bee amongst the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment, so busy and so pleased ; yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being half domesticated,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...their lately-discovered faculties. A bee amongst the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment ; so busy and so pleased : yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being half domesticated,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 pages
...escape ; is incapable either of resistance or flight. Paley. Natural Theology, ch. xvi. Compensation. Its life appears to be all enjoyment ; so busy and so pleased : yet it [the bee] is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being half... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1846 - 642 pages
...it is occupied without intermission in collecting farina for its young or honey for its associates), is one of the cheerfullest objects that can be looked...life appears to be all enjoyment — so busy and so pleased."2 Of the sources of exquisite gratification which every rural walk will open to you, while... | |
 | C. T - 1847 - 316 pages
...cheerfulness health. " A bee amongst the flowers of spring," says Paley, " is one of the cheerfulest objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment; so busy and so pleased." And this disposition to save is altogether removed from selfishness. The bee makes a profitable use... | |
 | 384 pages
...ITS HI8TOKT. (Apis Jlfellijlcca.) "A bee amongst the flowers in spring, is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment : so busy and so pleased." — PALEY. "Bees are arranged by zoologists into the family of the Apedoe (from Apes, a bee), in the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...their lately discovered faculties. A Ice amongst the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment, so busy and so pleased ; yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being half-domesticated,... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1849 - 306 pages
...their lately discovered faculties. A bee amongst the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment — so busy and so pleased : yet it is only a specimen of insect life with which, by reason of the animal being half domesticated,... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 pages
...in their lately discovered faculties. A bee among the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful me, as an ea ; yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being half domesticated,... | |
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A bee amongst the flowers in spring, is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment : so busy and so pleased... 
