 ... new. .This also is found to be inconvenient, and it quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner it frequently changes, till at last it finds one light, roomy, and commodious; to this it adheres, though* the shell be sometimes so large as...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Page 253by William Bingley - 1829Full view - About this book
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 458 pages
...quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner it frequently changes, till it at last finds one, light, roomy, and commodious; to this it adheres, though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws, and all. Yet it is not till after many trials, and many combats also,... | |
 | 1837 - 168 pages
...quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner, it frequently changes, till at last it finds one light, roomy, and commodious: to this it adheres, though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws and all." Yet it is not till after many trials, and many combats also,... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1845 - 254 pages
...quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner it frequently changes, till at last it finds one light, roomy, and commodious — to this it adheres,...though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws and all. Yet, it is not till after many trials, but many combats also,... | |
 | 1847 - 282 pages
...quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner it frequently changes, till at last it finds one light, roomy, and commodious ; to this it adheres, though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws and all.'" Sometimes, two will contend for the possession of the same... | |
 | 1849 - 794 pages
...occasionally slipping its tail from the old habitation to try on the new, till, at last, it finds one light, roomy and commodious; to this it adheres, though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws and all, and then it retreats to the mountains again."— Buffon, etc.... | |
 | 1849
...occasionally slipping its tail from the old habitation to try on the new, till, at last, it finds one light, roomy and commodious; to this it adheres, though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws and all, and then it retreats to the mountains again." — Bvffon, etc.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner it frequently changes, till at last it Hnds one light, roomy, and commodious ; to this it adheres, though the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, c/aws and all.1 Yet it is not only till after many trials, but many combats... | |
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