 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 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...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. ' \Vlule I was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50°, brought... | |
 | 1850 - 602 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...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. But notwithstanding this lethargic temperament, the old tortoise knew its benefactress, and as soon... | |
 | 1849 - 712 pages
...and, during autumn, it hardly ate anything. In the month of April, 1780, Mr. White informs us, — " A moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth troops of shell snails, and. at the same juncture, the tortoise heaved up the moold, and put out its head, and... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...WONDERS OP THE TORTOISE FAMILY. 509 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 ail sensation for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. But notwithstanding this lethargic... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1851 - 534 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...with the thermometer at 50, brought forth troops of * In Mr. White's unpublished MS., I find the following notices of Timothy, tlie tortoise, for so Mr.... | |
 | 1851 - 640 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...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. But notwithstanding this lethargic temperament the old tortoise knew ite benefactress, and as soon... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1852 - 446 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...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. But notwithstanding this lethargic temperament the old tortoise knew its benefactress, and as soon... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1853 - 402 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...all sensation for months together in the profoundest ef slumbers. While I was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1854 - 538 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 joy less stupor, and be lost to all sensation for mouths together in the profoundest of slumbers. While... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1854 - 532 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 to all sensation for mouths together in the proioundest of slumbers. "While I was writing this letter, a moist and warm... | |
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When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder to find that Providence 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... 
