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" March last, when it was enough awakened to express its resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises. The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it, that when I turned it out on a border,... "
The Natural History of Reptiles and Serpents: To which is Added, an Appendix ... - Page 13
1824 - 178 pages
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The Norton Book of Nature Writing

Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 pages
...enough awakened to express it's resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises. The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it that, when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my...
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A Century of Early Ecocriticism

David Mazel - 2001 - 388 pages
...enough awakened to express its resentments by hissing, and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises. The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it that, when I turned it out on the border, it walked twice down to the bottom of...
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Nature Writing: The Tradition in English

Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...enough awakened to express it's resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it t to this their warranty-deeds give no title. To speak truly, few ad perfectly roused it that, when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my...
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