 | Gilbert White - 1860 - 356 pages
...frequent inundations are always poor ; and, probably, the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost,... | |
 | Home tutor - 1862 - 532 pages
...History of Selborne — -that well-known and delightful volume — the amiable author remarks : — " The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...influence in the economy of nature, than the incurious arc aware of ; and are mighty in their effect from their minuteness, which renders them less an object... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1862 - 456 pages
...frequent inundations are always poor; and probably tbe reason may be because tbe worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...more consequence, and have much more influence in the ceconomy of Nature, than the incurious are aware of; and arc mighty in their effect, from their minuteness,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1866 - 448 pages
...frequent inundations are always poor; and probably the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...more consequence, and have much more influence in the oaconomy of Nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effect, from their minuteness,... | |
 | Charles R. Baker - 1866 - 532 pages
...soil is often overlooked. White, in his " Natural History of Selborne," remarks upon this subject: " The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have a greater influence in the economy of nature, than the incurious are aware of. They are mighty in their... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...frequent inundations are always poor ; and probably, the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...of attention; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost,... | |
 | Scientific and technical reader - 1869 - 408 pages
...reptiles are of much more consequence," says White, in his delightful " Natural History of Selborne," " and have much more influence in the economy of Nature,...the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effects, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attraction ; and from their numbers... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...and assists their progress. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more importance, and have much more influence in the economy of Nature, than the incurious are aware of; and, notwithstanding their minutenesa. SEi LOXO-WOUf. they are mighty in their effects, from their numbers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - 698 pages
...frequent inundations are always poor ; and probably the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost,... | |
 | Gilbert White, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Roundell Palmer Earl of Selborne - 1875 - 664 pages
...poor ; and probably the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insect", and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have...attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. 1 Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost,... | |
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The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of Nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object... 
