Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind . Tag , lavaters physiognomy. 119 feme of which are clothed with a ftrong fhell, and others with abriitly buckler thick let with fnarp points or long horns! DIFFERENT HEADS OF INSECTS VIEWED THROUGH THEmicroscope.—See the Plate. Who does not difcovef inability to hurt imprinted on thatflexible and rolled up probofcis, employed by the butterfly, fig. 1,to extrael the juice out of flowers ? Oppofe to it the thick grinders of the wafp, fig. 2, deftined tognaw and devour, Take notice in the locuft, fig.
Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind . Tag , lavaters physiognomy. 119 feme of which are clothed with a ftrong fhell, and others with abriitly buckler thick let with fnarp points or long horns! DIFFERENT HEADS OF INSECTS VIEWED THROUGH THEmicroscope.—See the Plate. Who does not difcovef inability to hurt imprinted on thatflexible and rolled up probofcis, employed by the butterfly, fig. 1,to extrael the juice out of flowers ? Oppofe to it the thick grinders of the wafp, fig. 2, deftined tognaw and devour, Take notice in the locuft, fig. 3, a throat wide and threatening,expreilive of its voracious character. There is fomething of harfhnefs and ferocity in the great horn-beede, fig. 4. Every one of thefe in feels (and all that have being, are in thefame condition) fulfils the end of its creation. Each differs fromall others, as much in its exterior, as in its character and deftina-tion ; and this difference confifts not in the play of the moveableparts, but in their form, in their foftnefs or iirmnefs, their weak-nefs or folidity
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