 I proposed making the experiment upon these ; they were therefore exposed to the sun upon a sieve, which had been employed to strain them out of the wine. In less than three hours, two of them began by degrees to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Page 191by William Bingley - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1823 - 310 pages
...three hours two of them began by degrees to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions in the thighs, and at length they raised themselves...their legs, wiped their eyes with their forefeet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding themselves... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 pages
...three hours, two of them by degrees began to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions in the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 310 pages
...three hours, two of them by degrees began to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions in the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, tvjped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brush ed their wings with their nind feet, and soon... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1837 - 298 pages
...three hours two of them began by degrees to recover, life. They commenced by some convulsive motions of the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1837 - 300 pages
...three hours two of them began by degrees to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions of the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1838 - 632 pages
...three hours, two of them began by degrees to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions of the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 pages
...three hours, two of them by degrees began to reeover life. They eommeneed by some eonvukive motions in the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 342 pages
...three hours, two of them by degrees began to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions in the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...three hours, two of them began by degrees to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions of the thighs, and at length they raised themselves upon their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind feet, and soon after began to fly, finding... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...three hours two of them began by degrees to recover life. They commenced by some convulsive motions in the thighs, and at length they raised themselves...their legs, wiped their eyes with their fore-feet, beat and brushed their wings with their hind-feet, and soon after began to fly— finding themselves... | |
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