 | 1894 - 854 lehte
...was caught in it about a saltspoonful of what seemed to be pure water, without either taste or color. After watching the moth for a time, I seized it by...constantly through the body was doubtless the object of the strauge action. In another spot I saw as many as sixteen of these large moths within the space of a... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 848 lehte
...saltspoonful of what seemed to be pure water, without either taste or color. After watching the butterfly for a time, I seized it by the wings between my thumb...utterly lost did it appear to be to what was going on near it. In another spot I saw as many as sixteen of these large butterflies within the space of a... | |
 | 1884 - 316 lehte
...salt-spoonful of what seemed to be pure water, without either taste or colour. After watching the butterfly for a time, I seized it by the wings between my thumb...the greatest ease, so utterly lost did it appear to me to what was going on near it. In another spot, I saw as many as sixteen of these large butterflies... | |
 | 1884 - 318 lehte
...salt-spoonful of what seemed to be pure water, without either taste or colour. After watching the butterfly for a time, I seized it by the wings between my thumb...the greatest ease, so utterly lost did it appear to me to what was going on near it. In another spot, I saw as many as sixteen of these large butterflies... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1894 - 660 lehte
...thirty drops were ejected per minute. I held the leaf for about five minutes, and at the end of the time there was caught in it about a salt-spoonful...body was doubtless the object of the strange action. In another spot I saw as many as sixteen of these large moths within the space of a square foot on... | |
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I held the leaf for about five minutes, and at the end of the time there was caught in it about a salt-spoonful of what seemed to be pure water, without either taste or colour. After watching the moth for a time, I seized it by the wings between my thumb... 