| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1799 - 614 pages
...began'to prepare himfelf for the labours of his approaching day, licking and dreffing himfelf like a fat ; an operation, which the flexibility of his neck and...perform very compleatly '. he was then ready for a flight brcukfaft, after which he commonly took a fhort nap ; but, when the fun was quite fet, he recovered... | |
| William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 524 pages
...importuned, as any beast of the woods. "From half an hour after sun-rise to half an hour before sun set, he slept without intermission, rolled up like a Hedgehog...of his neck and limbs enabled him to perform very completely ; he was then ready for a slight breakfast, after which he commonly took a short nap ; but... | |
| Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 322 pages
...displeasure by a peevish cry. ;i : ; ", -From half an hour alter sun-rise to half an t: hour before sun-set he slept without intermission, . rolled up like a hedge-hog ; and as soon as he 'i ;uvoko, he began licking and dressing himself fcke a cat : he was then ready for a slight break... | |
| Asiatic Society of Bengal - Archaeology - 1807 - 504 pages
...importuned, as any beast of the woods. From half an hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset, he slept without intermission, rolled up like a hedge-hog...prepare himself for the labours of his approaching da}% licking and dressing himself like; a cat; an operation which the flexibility of his neck and limbs... | |
| William Jones - 1807 - 468 pages
...awoke, he began to prepare himfelf for the labours of bis approaching day, licking and dreffing himfelf like a cat ; an operation, which the flexibility of his neck and limbs enabled him to perform very completely : he was then ready for a flight breakfaft, after which he commonly took a fhort nap ; but,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 524 pages
...the wooi From half an hour before sun-rise to half hour before sun-set, he slept without intermissk rolled up like a hedge-hog; and as soon as he awoke,...of his neck and limbs enabled him to perform very completely : he was then ready for a slight breakfast ; after which he commonly took a short nap ;... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...importuned, as any beast of the woods. " From half an hour after sun-rise to half an hour before sun-set, he slept without intermission, rolled up like a Hedgehog...of his neck and limbs enabled him to perform very completely : he was then ready for a slight breakfast, afier which he commonly took a short nap: but... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 1178 pages
...hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset, he slept without intermission, rolled up like a H4 hedgehog; and, as soon as he awoke, he began to prepare...of his neck and limbs enabled him to perform very completely: he was then ready for a slight breakfast, after which he commonly took a short nap ; but... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 546 pages
...troporluae-ri. as any beast of the woods. From half an hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset he slept without intermission, rolled up like a hedgehog...of his neck and limbs enabled him to perform very completely : he was then ready for a slight breakfast, after which he commonly took a short nap ; but... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 538 pages
...importuntd, 1 as any beast of the woods. From half an hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset he slept without intermission, rolled up like a hedgehog...awoke, he began to prepare himself for the labours of Лг* approaching day, licking and dressing himself like a cat, an operation which the flexibility... | |
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