 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 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...end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...unto 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... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...into 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... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...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 as the fish of Oysters and muscles are ; and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...whitish colour, one end 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... | |
 | 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...end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed the shell... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...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 as the fish of oysters and muscles are: and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...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 or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,... | |
 | 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... | |
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Muskles are -. the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth 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... 
