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" The corn that is laid up by ants, would shoot under ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up ; and, therefore, the corn that has lain in their nests will produce nothing. Any one may easily... "
A Grammatical Corrector, Or, Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech ... - Page 48
by Seth T. Hurd - 1848 - 124 pages
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Memoirs of Literature, Volume 3

Bibliography - 1722 - 434 pages
...flioot under <}round, if thofe Infe&s did not take care to prevent it. They They cut off all the Buds before they lay it up ; and therefore the Corn that has lain in their Nefts, will produce nothing. Any one may eafily make this Expert ment, and even plainly fee that there...
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The Guardian, Volume 1

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1734 - 382 pages
...would fhoot under Ground, if thofe Infeftsdid not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the Buds before they lay it up ; and therefore the Corn that has lain in their Neiis will produce nothing. Any one may eafily make this Experiment, and even plainly fee that there...
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The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...lhoot ' under ground, if thole infects did not take care io 1 prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay ' it up : and therefore the corn that has lain in their ' nefls will produce nothing. Any one fa-ay eafily " make this experiment, and even plainly fee that...
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The Guardian, Volume 2

1804 - 498 pages
...would shoot under ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up ; and therefore the corn that has lain in their nests will produce nothing. Any one may easily make this experiment and even plainly see that there is no bud in their corn. But...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...would shoot under ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it They bite off all the buds before they lay it up ; and therefore the corn that has lain in their nest will produce nothing. Any one may easily make this experiment, and even plainly see that there...
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The British Essayists;: Guardian

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 334 pages
...would shoot under ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up ; and therefore the corn that has lain in their nests will produce nothing. Any one may easily make this experiment, and even plainly see that there is no bud in their corn. But...
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An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points

John Parkhurst - Aramaic language - 1807 - 890 pages
...would shoot under ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up; and therefore the corn that has lain in their nests will produce nothing. Anyone may make the experiment, and even see that there is no burl in their corn." occ. Prov. vi. 6....
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 522 pages
...would shoot under-ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up ; and, therefore, the corn that has lain in their nests will produce nothing. Any one may easily make this experiment, and even plainly see that there is no bud in their corn. But...
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The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pages
...would shoot under ground, if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up ; and therefore the corn that has lain in their nest will produce nothing. Any one may easily make this experiment, and even plainly see that there...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with ..., Volume 5

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...if those insects did not take care to prevent it. They bite off all the buds before they lay it up j and, therefore, the corn that has lain in their nests will produce nothing. Any one may easily make this experiment, and even plainly see that there is no bud in their corn. But...
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