 When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace, or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Page 96by William Bingley - 1829Full view - About this book
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...as the fish of Oysters and Muscles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form...cometh the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth... | |
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...are -. the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly...gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the fore»aid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...believed. Old Gerard, with inflexible credulity, declares that the shell contains a young bird, which " when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the lace, or string (the plumose tentacula) ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...and muscles, and the other end is made fast unto the belly, of a rude mass, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, (he shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeai-eth, is ttvs aforesaid lace or string ; next... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...the fish of Oysters and muscles are ; and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form...cometh the legs of the bird, hanging out; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...of oysters and muscles are; the other end is made fast unto a rude mass or lump, which in time comes into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly...that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...of oysters and muscles are; the other end is made fast unto a rude mass or lump, which in time comes into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly...that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly...formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appearcth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth... | |
 | George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even BS the fish of oysters and muscles are : and the other...it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and then the first thing that nppeareth, is the aforesaid lace or string; next cometh the legs of the bird... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly...formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeared) is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth... | |
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