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" ... to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open and the first thing that appeareth is the... "
Lives of eminent zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnĉus - Page 159
by William MacGillivray - 1834 - 391 pages
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the Muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even 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...
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History of Wonderful Fishes

Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of a tnugcle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour. One end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles, and the other end is made fast unto the belly, of a rude mass, which in time cometh to the shape and...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened...the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 6

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, слеп us the fish of outers and muskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masa or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme of a bird : when it ii perfectly formed...
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Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons, Volume 3

Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk finely woven together, one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell, even as the fish 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...
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Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons. In ..., Volume 3

Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk J finely woven together, one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell, even as the fish 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...
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Elements of Natural History: Invertebrata, &c

John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which...
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Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper 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 end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass...
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The Architecture of Birds

James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh...
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The Domestic Habits of Birds..

James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together^ of a whitish cqlbur ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh...
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