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Title: The History of Insects

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THE HISTORY OF INSECTS

NEW-YORK:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY SAMUEL WOOD,
At the Juvenile Book-store,
No. 357, Pearl-street.

1813.

[Illustration]

And God made every thing that creepeth
upon the earth. Gen. 1. 25.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.

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_A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z_.

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_a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z_.

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Observe the insect race, ordained to keep
The silent sabbath of a half year's sleep!
Entom'd beneath the filmy web they lie
And wait the influence of a kinder sky;
When vernal sunbeams pierce the dark retreat,
The heaving tomb distends with vital heat;
The full formed brood, impatient of their cell,
Start from their trance, and burst their silken shell.

BARBAULD.

THE HISTORY OF INSECTS.

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Insects are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies,
seemingly cut into two parts, and joined together by a small ligature,
as we see in wasps and common flies.

However small and contemptible this class of beings may appear, at first
thought, yet, when we come to reflect, an