| William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 568 էջ
...informs us, throughout all the warmer parts of equinoctial America, where these and other destruc£ive insects abound, it is infinitely rare to find papers which go fifty or sixty years backb. In one night they will devour all the boots and shoes that are left in their way ; cloth, linen,... | |
| James Rennie - 1831 - 434 էջ
...as Humboldt informs us, is, that throughout all the warmer parts of equinoctial America, where these and other destructive insects abound, it is infinitely...rare to find papers which go fifty or sixty years backf- Cloth, linen, and books are equally to their taste, and in one night they will devour all the... | |
| William Kirby, William Spence - 1846 - 642 էջ
...Hence, as Humboldt informs us, throughout all the warmer parts of equinoctial America, where these and other destructive insects abound, it is infinitely...rare to find papers which go fifty or sixty years back.2 In one night they will devour all the boots and shoes that are left in their way ; cloth, linen,... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1856 - 456 էջ
...Hence, as Humboldt informs us, throughout all the wanner parts of equinoctial America, where these and other destructive insects abound, it is infinitely...to find papers which go fifty or sixty years back. In one night they will devour all the boots and shoes that are left in their way ; cloth, linen, or... | |
| WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. - 1858 - 676 էջ
...Hence, as Humboldt informs us, throughout all the warmer parts of equinoctial America, where these and other destructive insects abound, it is infinitely...rare to find papers which go fifty or sixty years back.3 In one night they will devour all the boots and shoes that are left in their way ; cloth, linen,... | |
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