 Violet crab somewhat resembles two hands cut through the middle and joined together ; for each side looks like four fingers, and the two nippers or claws resemble the thumbs. All the rest of the body is covered with a shell as large as a man's hand, and...  A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature - Page 171by Oliver Goldsmith - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...its intestines, which have many convolutions. As the crab, however, is found upon land as well as in water, the peculiarity of its situation produces a...as snow. They are not placed, as in other animals, crosswise, but in the opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissars. With these... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...body is covered with a shell as large as a man's hand, and bunched in the middle, on the fore part of which there are two long eyes of the size of a...but in the opposite direction, not much unlike the blade of a pair of scissors. With these teeth they can easily cut leaves, fruits, and rotten wood,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 430 pages
...fore-part of which there are two long eyes, of the size of a grain of barley, as transparent as chrystal, and as hard as horn. A little below these, is the...as snow. They are not placed, as in other animals, cross ways, but in an opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors. With these... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 422 pages
...little fitted for travelling. It is thus graphically described by Goldsmith: — " The violet-crab somewhat resembles two hands, cut through the middle,...as snow. They are not placed, as in other animals; cross ways, but in an opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors. With these... | |
 | 1846 - 872 pages
...two hands cut through the middle and joined together ; for each side looks like four fingers, the two claws resemble the thumbs. All the rest of the body...sharp teeth, as white as snow. They are not placed cross-ways, as in other animals, but in the opposite direction, not much unlike the blade of a pair... | |
 | Henry Duncan (D.D.) - 1847 - 430 pages
...little fitted for travelling. It is thus graphically described by Goldsmith : — ' The violet-crab somewhat resembles two hands, cut through the middle,...not placed, as in other animals, cross-ways, but in an opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors. With these teeth they can... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1847 - 430 pages
...little fitted for travelling. It is thus graphically described by Goldsmith: — " The violet-crab somewhat resembles two hands, cut through the middle,...as snow. They are not placed, as in other animals, cross ways, but in an opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors. With these... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...intestines, which have many convolutions. As the crab, however, is found upon land as well as in wator, the peculiarity of its situation produces a difference...direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors. With these teeth they can easily cut leaves, fruits, and rotten wood, which is their usual... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1855 - 420 pages
...little fitted for travelling. It is thus graphically described by Goldsmith: — " The violet-crab somewhat resembles two hands, cut through the middle,...as white as snow. They are not placed, as in other animalsj cross ways, but in an opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors.... | |
 | 1848 - 794 pages
...body is covered with a shell as large as a man's hand, and bunched in the middle ; on the fore part of which there are two broad, sharp teeth, as white as...not placed, as in other animals, crossways, but in an opposite direction, not much unlike the blades of a pair of scissors. With these teeth they can... | |
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