 At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb.  Dwight's American Magazine - Page 438edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | James Rennie - Insects - 1855 - 294 pages
...sustenance. At last a large bluebottle fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but...hampered, it seized and dragged it into its hole. I' I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out to seize it, as usual, upon perceiving... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 610 pages
...last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...last,, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose ... The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - England - 1859 - 618 pages
...scemed to have fitted it for such a life, for upon a single fly it subsisted for more than a wcek. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when' the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, it instantly... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...seemed to have fitted it for such a life ; for upon a single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net, but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, it instantly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pages
...last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave sted, unconfined. But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade, With all the freaks o the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English dramas - 1869 - 774 pages
...seemed to have fitted it for such a life, for upon a single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, it instantly... | |
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