There, dear, I am not at all addicted to humble pie, and I have already disposed of a large and unpalatable slice.
For my part, the failure of a Bookseller is not the most unpalatable accident of mortality: sad but not saddest The desolation of a hostile city.
I am glad you have met with some sweetening circumstances to your unpalatable draught.
In such a case the part played by natural selection would be the preservation of a chance sport which happened to look like an unpalatable form.
No mimics of other unpalatable groups such as Danaines are to be found among the Oriental Poison-eaters.
And if so there is no difficulty in supposing that it might be of some advantage to its possessor through the resemblance to an unpalatable form.
Generally such mimics belong to presumably palatable species, but other presumably unpalatable species may also exhibit a similar coloration and pattern.
They must be sufficiently observant to notice the difference between the mimetic and the non-mimetic form; they must be sufficiently unobservant to confuse the mimetic form with the unpalatable model.
And, of course, they must have enough sense of taste to dislike the unpalatable and to appreciate the palatable varieties.
Many striking cases of resemblance had been adduced in which both species obviously belonged to the presumably unpalatable groups.
When first offered this unpalatable species was taken readily and it was only after it had been tasted that the bird rejected it.
They were in fact so much alike that comparatively small variations in a favourable direction on the part of the mimic would lead to its being confused with the unpalatable model.
These groups of different species, some belonging to palatable and some to unpalatable groups, all exhibiting a close resemblance in colour and pattern, are far more strikingly developed in S.
The existence of an unpalatable model in considerable numbers is the first step in the production of a mimetic resemblance through the agency of natural selection.
The mind has a way of laying aside the unpalatablein some pigeon-hole of memory; it is out of sight, not forgotten.
And all the time it was pitiful to see how the child was gobbling up her unpalatable food, evidently from the instinctive fear, nasty as it was, that it would be taken from her as a punishment for her behaviour.
It was with him a salutary maxim that, if you haveunpalatable opinions to declare, you should not make them more unpalatable by the way of expressing them.
By some intuitive perception Mr. Chattaway had detected that misplaced liking of his daughter's for George Ryle: and this union would not have been unpalatable to Mr. Chattaway.
Mr. Chattaway had not done digesting the unpalatable remark when George entered.
To a stomach unaccustomed to such dainties, it was unpalatable in the highest degree.
There certainly was no danger of hurting their health by over indulgence, as it was with difficulty they could satisfy their hunger with the unpalatable fare, which was old, and not even good of its kind.
This resemblance of an edible form to an unpalatable one is called Batesian mimicry.
If it is edible the birds that are supposed to prey upon butterflies are said to leave it alone, because they mistake it for its unpalatable neighbour.
If the copy-cat be unpalatable it is nevertheless said to profit by the likeness, because young birds are supposed to feed on every kind of butterfly and only to learn by experience which are unpalatable.
Truth may be unpalatable to Papists, but it is my duty to record it.
These statements will be rather unpalatable to Jesuits, but my only regret is, that decency forbids a full development of the crimes committed, with perfect impunity, in Popish convents.
These demands, unpalatable as they were, might at least have furnished a basis of settlement, but there was one demand besides these which was impossible.
This clause of the treaty was very unpalatable to Amsterdam and the Hollanders generally, and only a sullen acquiescence was given to it.
Dahlii and Mauritanica, bear conspicuous ring-spots as signs of their being unpalatable to the majority of their foes.
Euphorbiæ may not be unpalatable to lizards, because they swallow it whole; whilst it is perhaps distasteful to birds, because they must hack and tear in order to swallow it.
Those which the farmer leaves out as unsalable, and unpalatable to those who frequent the markets, are choicest fruit to the walker.
There was, in fact, more than a touch of dignity in her reception of the unpalatable news.
He never saw his letter printed, containing, as it did, the germs of an unpalatable truth.
He was for a long time a very poor man, but he never sought wealth by advocating popular opinions, by pandering to common prejudices, or by veiling most unpalatable beliefs.
For example, the unpalatable larva of the Cinnabar Moth (Euchelia jacobaeae) is said to mimic a wasp, because it has black and yellow rings round its body.
It is further asserted that the species imitated are "even more unpalatable than the generality of their order.
In order to establish the theory of warning colouration, it is necessary to prove that all, or the great majority of conspicuously-coloured organisms, are either unpalatable or mimic unpalatable forms.
Muellerian Mimicry The second kind of mimicry--Muellerian mimicry--is where one unpalatable creature resembles another.
Such a reflection is anunpalatable one; it is humiliating to our pride, and damaging to the boasted progress of the XIXth century.
Now know, all ye Northerners, by this cowardly blow on the devoted head of your honored and respected Senator, that we shall no longer permit you to tell us such unpalatable truths, nor allow you the privilege of free speech!
Flesh yellowish, more watery than that of the Large Red, and of a somewhat peculiar flavor, much esteemed by some, and unpalatable to others.
If he gives the sanction of his name to a compliance with our terms he will certainly render the compliance easier to the Government and less unpalatable to the people.
That the message and the messenger should not be successful is an unpalatable statement to well-meaning and enthusiastic Christians.
Predictions of any kind revealing future events seems to be theunpalatable thing for the destructive criticism, for it proves the fact of divine revelation.
I mean, if anything of a coarse or unpalatable sort was left, the women could have it.
Besides, such unpalatable publications are no longer suppressed in a summary manner, as was the custom formerly.
This is quite intelligible when we consider that if there were too many false immune types, the birds would soon discover that there were palatable individuals among those with unpalatable warning colours.
