 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 Seiten
...head up in a corner* — When the Tortoise is attended to, it becomes an excellent barometer : when it walks elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a morning, it will, almost invariably, be found to rain before night. — Mr. White was much taken with the sagacity... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 Seiten
...length, and six and a balf io bread ih. best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and miming its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a rooming, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 Seiten
...length, and six and a half in breadth. best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...it walks elate, and, as it were on tiptoe, feeding wilh great earnestness, in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 Seiten
...rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 Seiten
...head up into a corner. When the Tortoise is attended to, it becomes an excellent barometer: if it walk elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a morning, there will almost invariably be rain before night. Mr. White was much pleased with the sagacity of... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 Seiten
...about rain, as a lady dressed in her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 Seiten
...about rain, as a lady dressed in her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 Seiten
...rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach,... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 Seiten
...than this creature, night and day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 440 Seiten
...day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity. . .If attended to, it hecomes an excellent weather-glass ; for as sure as it walks...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain hefore night. . . 1 was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind... | |
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... a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass ; for as... 
