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But, if the wound is repeated a few times, death ensues within a more or less short period. I make an exception, among those who pay tribute to my cruel curiosity, of the Rosechafer-grubs, who defy three and four needle-thrusts. Cf. "The Life and Love of the Insect": chapter 11. I can obtain no precise information from them.
Jean-Henri Fabre - Bramble-Bees and Others

At first Katharina had pitied the young woman whose superior in intelligence she knew herself to be; but a certain incident had extinguished this feeling; she now simply hated her, and pricked her with needle-thrusts whenever she had a chance.
Georg Ebers - The Bride of the Nile — Volume 09

At first Katharina had pitied the young woman whose superior in intelligence she knew herself to be; but a certain incident had extinguished this feeling; she now simply hated her, and pricked her with needle-thrusts whenever she had a chance.
Georg Ebers - Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works

At first Katharina had pitied the young woman whose superior in intelligence she knew herself to be; but a certain incident had extinguished this feeling; she now simply hated her, and pricked her with needle-thrusts whenever she had a chance.
Georg Ebers - The Bride of the Nile — Complete
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