 ... 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...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 6861877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 Seiten
...groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full...the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to fowle bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 Seiten
...groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full...sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose," &c. Gerard prefaces his account with " what our... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 682 Seiten
...length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after, it cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, lesser than a goose, which the people of — ' " Lucy put her finger over... | |
 | John Stark - 1828 - 542 Seiten
...out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after...gathereth feathers, and groweth to a foule bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers black and... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 Seiten
...till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 Seiten
...it has all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | John Warren - 1834 - 262 Seiten
...it has all corne forth, and hangeth only by the bill: in a short space after, it cometh to maturity and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 408 Seiten
...it has all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 Seiten
...it has all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
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