 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...  The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]. - Сторінка 68автори: Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 стор.
...reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder that Providence should bestow such 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 stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 стор.
...reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder that Providence should bestow such 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 stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 стор.
...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...sensation for months together, in the profoundest of all slumbers! Though he loves warm weather, he avoids the hot sun; because his thick shell, when once... | |
 | 1823 - 858 стор.
...does not move at all in wet days. " When one reflects on the state of this strange be» ing, it is a matter of wonder to find that Providence should bestow...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. " While I was writing, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth troops... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 стор.
...and does not move at all in wet -days. When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder, to find that Providence should bestow...more than two-thirds of its existence in a joyless Btupor, and be lost to all sensation for mouths together in the profoundest of slumbers. While 1 was... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 стор.
...reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder that Providence should bestow such a 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 stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 стор.
...reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder that Providence should bestow such a 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 stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 стор.
...and does not move at all in wet days. When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder, to find that Providence should bestow...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. While I was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 стор.
...and does not move at all in wet days. When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder to find that Providence should bestow...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 months together... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 стор.
...and does not move at all in wet days. * When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder, to find that Providence should bestow...for months together in the profoundest of slumbers. While I was writing this letter, a moist and warm afternoon, with the thermometer at 50, brought forth... | |
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