palmer-worm

"That which the palmer-worm hath left, hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left, hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left, hath the caterpillar eaten."

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

"I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm."

Sermons. [Vol. I.] 1808-1892 1843

"Marry! out upon thee, old palmer-worm!" said the page within himself;

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

Their vineyards and gardens yielded their increase in great abundance, so did their fig-trees and olive-trees; but the palmer-worm devoured them before the fruits were ripe, and fit to be gathered in.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

He will not return to destroy, as soldiers, when they have pillaged a town once, return a second time, to take more, as when what the palmer-worm has left the locust has eaten.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm 'hath eaten.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

In the middle of March, till which time a man should not in honesty catch a Trout; or in April, it the weather be dark, or a little windy or cloudy; the best fishing is with the palmer-worm, of which I last spoke to you; but of these there be divers kinds, or at least of divers colours: these and the May-fly are the ground of all fly-angling: which are to be thus made:

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

“Marry! out upon thee, old palmer-worm!” said the page within himself; “have I found thee in the very fact of maligning myself and my master, as it is thy nature to do towards all the hopeful young buds of chivalry?

Castle Dangerous 2008

9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721