 ... with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity; but remains inattentive to...  The Natural History of Selborne - Сторінка 191автори: Gilbert White - 1866 - 430 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1823 - 858 стор.
...knoweih his owner, and the ass hit master1» crib," but the most abject reptile, and torpid j^ _ ,tj of beings, distinguishes the hand that feeds it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude ! " Tbe old Sussex tortoise, (he adds), that I have mentioned so often, is become my property. I dug... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 стор.
...strangers. Thus not only ' the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib,' but the most abject and torpid of beings distinguishes the hand that feeds...it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude. This creature not only goes under the earth, from the middle of November to the middle of April, but... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 стор.
...strangers. Thus not only ' the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib,' but the most abject and torpid of beings distinguishes the hand that feeds...it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude. This creature not only goes under the earth, from the middle of November to the middle of April, but... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 стор.
...awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib,"* but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes the * Isaiah i. 3. hand that feeds it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude. PS In about three... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 стор.
...awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib*," but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings * Isaiah i. 3. distinguishes the hand that feeds it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 стор.
...awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib," * but the most abject...Sussex, the tortoise retired into the ground under the hepatica.f * Isaiah, i, 3. f A singular circumstance occurred at Ludlow with a tortoise, the property... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1834 - 372 стор.
...hobbles towards its bene' factress with awkward alacrity, but remains inattentive to ' strangers. Thus the most abject reptile and torpid of beings ' distinguishes...and is touched with the ' feelings of gratitude.'— Nat. Hist, of Selborne. EVERY admirer (and there are not a few) of Mr. White's Natural History of Selborne,... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1834 - 352 стор.
...hobbles towards its bene' factress with awkward alacriiy, but remains inattentive to ' strangers. Thus the most abject reptile and torpid of beings ' distinguishes...that feeds it, and is touched with the ' feelings of gratitude.'—Nat. Hist, of Selborne. EVERY admirer (and there are not a few) of Mr. White's Natural... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 стор.
...awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib*," but the most abject...it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude ! I am, &c. &c. PS In about three days after I left Sussex the tortoise retired into the ground under... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 стор.
...inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib2," but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes...it, and is touched with the feelings of gratitude ! I am, &c. &c. PS In about three days after I left Sussex the tortoise retired into the ground under... | |
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