The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black and prominent; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... Surveys of nature; historical, moral and entertaining - Էջ 138Francis Fitzgerald - 1787Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 էջ
...DODO. ITS body is maffive, almoft round, covered with grey feathers; juft barely fupported on two fhort thick legs, like pillars, while its head and neck...confifts of two great chaps, that open far behind the eves, which are large, black, and prominent; fo that the animal, when it gapes, ft-ms to be all mouth.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 էջ
...from it in a manner truly grotesque. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black and prominent ; so that the animal when its gapes seems to be all mouth. The bill therefore is of an extraordinary... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 էջ
...from it in a manner truly grotesque. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black, and prominent ; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 էջ
...two short thick legs like pillars. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black, and prominent ; so that the animal, when it gaps, seems to be all mouth. The bill therefore is of an extraordinary... | |
| 1834 - 700 էջ
...two short thick legs like pillars. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black, and prominent ; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 էջ
...from it in a manner truly grotesque. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black, and prominent ; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 էջ
...from it in a manner truly grotesque. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head. which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black, and prominent; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 էջ
...from it in a manner truly grotesque. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black and prominent ; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1901 - 216 էջ
...from it in a manner truly grotesque. The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black and prominent; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary... | |
| James Hall Pitman - 1924 - 204 էջ
...sa lourde 6paisseur encore plus choquante, en faisant souvenir qu'il est un oiseau. which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black and prominent ; so that the animal, when it gapes seems to be all mom! The bill therefore is of an extraordinary... | |
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