 | 1841 - 686 pages
...Now talk'd of this, and then of that, Discours'd awhile, 'mongst other matter, Of the Cameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure...beneath the sun. A lizard's body lean and long, A fishes head — a serpent's tongue, Its foot, with triple claw disjoin'd, And what a length of tail... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. * A stranger animal,' cries one, ' Sure never lived ming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view ! The fou a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. ' A stranger animal,' cries one, ' Sure never lived r a charnel-dungeon fitter ; All fixed on me their stony eyes, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, Sure never lived beneath the sun ! " A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | Salem Town - 1848 - 298 pages
...other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. 4. "A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun ! A lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoin'd ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...talk'd of this, and then of that ; Discours'd awhile, 'mongst other matter, Of the Camelcon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure...sun : A lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...that of bitter sneering and violent disputation. "A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun — A lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Each foot with triple claw disjoined, And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body, lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue ; Its foot with triple claw disjoin'd, And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...talk'd of this, and then of that, Discours'd awhile, 'mongst other matter, Of the chameleon's form and nature. ' A stranger animal," cries one, ' Sure...' A lizard's body lean and long, ' A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, ' Its tooth, with triple claw disjoin'd, ' And what a length of tail behind ! '... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 pages
...other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. " A stranger animal," cries one, " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow... | |
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And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its hue — Who ever saw so fine a blue?" 
