| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander away more than two thirds of its existence in a joyless stupor, and be lost...sensation for months together, in the profoundest of all slumbers ! Though he loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun ; because his thick shell, when... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pages
...longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander away more than two thirds of its existence in a joyless stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months together, in the profoundcst of all slumbers I Though be loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun ; because his thick... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 pages
...a seeming waste of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander away more than two-thirds of its existence in a joyless...sensation for months together, in the profoundest of all slumbers! Though he loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun; because his thick shell, when once... | |
| 1823 - 858 pages
...should bestow such a profusion of days, such a seeming waste of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than two-thirds...the profoundest of slumbers. " While I was writing, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth troops of shell-snails ; and... | |
| Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...should bestow such a profusion of days, such a seeming waste of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than two-thirds of its existence in a joyless Btupor, and be lost to all sensation for mouths together in the profoundest of slumbers. While 1 was... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 pages
...bestow such a waste of longevity on a reptile that appears to relish it so little, as to squander away more than two-thirds of its existence in a joyless...sensation for months together in the profoundest of all slumbers. Though he loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun, because his thick shell, when once... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 pages
...bestow such a waste of longevity on a reptile that appears to relish it so little, as to squander away more than two-thirds of its existence in a joyless...sensation for months together in the profoundest of all slumbers. Though he loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun, because his thick shell, when once... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 pages
...waste of longevity on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than two thirds of its existence in a joyless stupor, and be lost to all sensation for mouths together in the profoundest of slumbers. While I was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon,... | |
| Gilbert White - 1840 - 400 pages
...should bestow such a profusion of days, such a seeming waste of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than two-thirds...months together in the profoundest of slumbers. While I waŁ writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth troops... | |
| Gilbert White - 1842 - 336 pages
...of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than two thirds of its existence in a joyless stupor, and be lost...was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, _with the thermometer at 50°, brought forth troops of shell-snails ; and, at the same juncture, the... | |
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