 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...autumnal beams by getting within the reflection of a fruit-tree wall ; and though he had certainly never read that planes inclining to the horizon receive a greater share of warmth, he frequently inclined his shell, by tilting nd many A*K... the.water, i it digs for m with ihc do not... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...large cabbage-leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus bed. But as he avoids heat in the summer, so in the decline of the year, he improves...autumnal beams, by getting within the reflection of a fruittree wall ; and though he has never read that planes inclining to the horizon receive a greater... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pages
...faint autumnal beams, by getting within the reflection of a fruittree wall ; aud though he has never read that planes inclining to the horizon receive...the wall, to collect and admit every feeble ray." The tortoise seems more tenacious of the vital principle than any other of the amphibia. Redi informs... | |
 | 1823 - 858 pages
...large cabbage-leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus-bed. " But as he avoids heat in the summer, so, in the decline of the year, he improves...within the reflection of a fruit-wall : and, though he has not read that planes inclining to the horizon receive a greater share of warmth, he inclines his... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...autumnal beams by getting within the reflection of a fruit-tree wall; and though he had certainly never read that planes inclining to the horizon receive a greater share of warmth, he frequently inclined his shell, by tilting it against the wall, to collect and admit every feeble ray.... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 pages
...large cabbage-leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus bed. But as he avoids heat in the summer, so in the decline of the year, he improves the faint autumnal beams, by getting within the reflexion of a fruit-tree wall ; arid, though he has never read that planes inclining to the horizon... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 pages
...large cabbage-leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus bed. But as he avoids heat in the summer, so in the decline of the year, he improves the faint autumnal beams, by getting within the reflexion of a fruit-tree wall ; and, though he has never read that inclining to the horizon receive... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...safety." He therefore spends the more sultry hours under the umbrella of a large cabbage leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus bed. But as he...autumnal beams, by getting within the reflection of a fruit wall ; and, though he never has read that planes inclining to the horizon receive a greater share... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 pages
...safety." He therefore spends the more sultry hours under the umbrella of a large cabbage leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus bed. But as he...autumnal beams, by getting within the reflection of a fruit wall ; and, though he never has read that planes inclining to the horizon receive a greater share... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...large cabbage leaf, or amidst the waving forests of an asparagus bed. But as he avoids heat in the summer, so, in the decline of the year, he improves...inclining to the horizon receive a greater share of warmth1, he inclines his shell, by tilting it against the wall, to collect and admit every feeble ray.... | |
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But as he avoids heat in the summer, so, in the decline of the year, he improves the faint autumnal beams, by getting within the reflection of a... 
