A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 514
they are com-monly too weak to collect food or to breed, and,being plundered by their neighbours, dwindleaway, till at last the hive is without inhabitants.A prompt death is surely preferable to one soprotracted. Some judicious observations on thissubject will be found in Huishs book, extractedfrom… … APITES, Apitis Vinum ; from cnrws, thepear-tree; perry. See Perry. APITPAT. From pit, to sink, and pat, tostrike. The motion of the heart in a state ofanxiety. O, there he comes. Welcome, my bully, my buck .Agad, my heart has gone apitpat for you. Cungreve. APIUM, Parsley, a genus of the…
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