... and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth to certaine shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of... Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society - Page 79by Hakluyt Society - 1876 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth onto certaine shcls, in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed,...a whitish colour ; wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace Of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...certain spnme or froth that in time brecdelh into certain shells, in shape like those of the uiuskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour : wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of lilke, finely woven, a* it were, together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk finely woven together, one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell,... | |
| John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...cast up by the sea, " is found a certaine spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certaine shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed,...a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is... | |
| James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is... | |
| James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 410 pages
...certain spume or froth, that in time breetleth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is... | |
| Thomas Brown - Mollusks - 1835 - 234 pages
...there likewise : whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedith into certain shells, in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed,...a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silk, finely woven as it were, together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...there likewise; whereon is found a certaine spume, or froth, that in time breedeth unto certaine Miels, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed,...a whitish colour: wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silko finely woven, as it were, together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof... | |
| Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - Birds - 1835 - 324 pages
...there likewise; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that, in time, breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed,...a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Children - 1836 - 394 pages
...certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk finely woven together, one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell,... | |
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