 ... as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Strana 96podľa William Bingley - 1829Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - Počet stránok 510
...till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to fowle bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 400
...appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird, hanging out; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gatbereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - Počet stránok 342
...bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after, it cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and grow. eth to a fowl bigger than... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - Počet stránok 682
...length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after, it cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, lesser than a goose, which the people of — ' " Lucy put her finger over... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1827 - Počet stránok 332
...bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after, \t cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and eth to a fowl bigger... | |
 | John Stark - 1828 - Počet stránok 542
...the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1831 - Počet stránok 508
...shells open more and more, till at length it is attached only by the bill, soon after which it drops into the sea, " where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger then a mallard, and lesser then a goose." You will find the following lines, from Du Bartas, expressive... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - Počet stránok 406
...appe.areth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it grqweth, greater it openeth the shell by degrees till at length...the bill ; in short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth, into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth * Gesner, De Avibus,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - Počet stránok 418
...cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and then the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - Počet stránok 418
...cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and then the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than... | |
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