 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 414 pages
...»way the cold uncomfortable months in profound (lumbers ; but thefe (our author obferves), refiding as it were in a torrid zone, are always alert and merry : a good ChrHlmas fire is to them like the heats of the dog-days. Though they are frequently heard by day, yet... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...Selborne. f Gryllui doniesticus. Linn. summer, or else doze away the cold uncomfortable fnonths in profound slumbers ; but these, residing as it were in a torrid zone, are always alert and merry : a good Chrismas fire is to them what the fieats of the dog-days are to others. Though they are frequently... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold uncomfortable months in profound flumbers ; but these, residing as it were in a torrid zone, are always alert and * White's Natural History of Selborne. merry : a good Christmas fire is to them what the heats of the... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold, uncomfortable months in profound slumbers ; but these, residing as it were in a torrid...alert and merry : a good Christmas fire is to them, what the heats of the dogdays are to others. Though they are frequently heard by day, yet their natural... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 pages
...account of their warmth. Residing as it were in a torrid zone, they i(re always alive and merry; and a good Christmas fire is to them like the heats of...dogdays. Though they are frequently heard by day, yet their natural time of motion is only in the night. As soon as it grows dusk, the chirping increases,... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold, uncomfortable months in profound slumbers; but these, residing, as it were, in a torrid...alert and merry ; a good Christmas fire is to them what the heats of the dog-days are to others. Though they are frequently heard by day, yet their natural... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold, uncomfortable months in profound slumbers ; but these, residing as it were in a torrid...alert and merry : a good Christmas fire is to them, what the heats of the dog-days are to others. " Though they are frequently heard by day, yet their... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 pages
...summer, or else doze away the cold, uncomfortable months in profound slumbers ; but the house crickets, residing, as it were, in a torrid zone, are always...alert and merry ; a good Christmas fire is to them what the heat of the dog-days is to others. " Around, in sympathetic mirth, Its tricks the Kitten tries... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold uncomfortable months in profound slumbers ; but these, residing as it were in a torrid...heard by day, yet is their natural time of motion only ID the night. As soon as it grows dusk, the chirping increases, and they come running forth, and are... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 pages
...enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold uncomfortable months in profound slumbers ; but these, residing as it were in a torrid...of the dog-days. Though they are frequently heard l)y day, yet is their natural time of motion only in the night. As soon as it grows dusk, the chirping... | |
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They are particularly fond of kitchens and bakers' ovens, on account of their perpetual warmth. Tender insects that live abroad either enjoy only the short period of one summer, or else doze away the cold uncomfortable months in profound slumbers ; but... 
