 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 396 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...abated much of our wonder at the feats of a more modern exhibitor of bees ; and we may justly say of him now — "... .Thqu, Had thy presiding star propitious... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...abated much of our wonder at the feats of a more modern exhibitor of bees ; and we may justly say of him now — "... .Thou, Had thy presiding star propitious... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1888 - 602 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...was lean and sallow, and of a cadaverous complexion j and, except in his favourite pursuit, in which he was wonderfully adroit, discovered no manner of... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - 536 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...abated much of our wonder at the feats of a more modern exhibitor of bees ; and we may justly say of him now, — Had thy presiding star propitious shone,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - 840 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...complexion ; and, except in his favourite pursuit, in which ho was wonderfully adroit, discovered no manner of understanding. Had his capacity been better, and... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1894 - 528 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...and, except in his favourite pursuit, in which he was wonder/ully adroit, discovered no manner of understanding. Had his capacity been better, and directed... | |
 | Queensland. Department of Public Instruction - 1897 - 446 Seiten
...them of their weapons, and suck their bodies for the s;ike of their honey-bugs. As he ran about ho used to make a humming noise with his lips resembling the buzzing of bees. This lad waa leap and sallow, and of a cadaverous complexion ; and except in his favourite pursuit, in whiuh... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...wonderfully adroit, discovered no manner of understanding. When a tall youth he was removed from hence to a distant village, where he died, as I understand, before... | |
 | GILBERT WHITE - 1900 - 552 Seiten
...called bee-wine. As he ran about he 1 A besom of this sort is to be seen in Sir Ashton Lever's Museum. used to make a humming noise with his lips, resembling...abated much of our wonder at the feats of a more modern exhibitor of bees ; and we may justly say of him now, u Thou Had thy presiding star propitious shone,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1906 - 500 Seiten
...making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with...abated much of our wonder at the feats of a more modern exhibitor of bees ; and we may justly say of him now, "— _______ Thou, Had thy presiding star propitious... | |
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... his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond. Where metheglin was making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught... 
