 | 1772 - 412 pages
...it broke and funk with them to the bottom; and their immerfion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying hold of a ftraw with their bills, and fo plunge down in fociety. Others again would form a large mafs by clinging... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 414 pages
...t>roke and funk with them to the bottom ; and before their immerfion they had a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying hold of a ftraw with their bills, and fo plunge down in fociety. Others again would form a large mafs by clinging... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - Animals - 1776 - 530 pages
...it broke and funk with them to the bottom ; and their immerfion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying hold of a ftraw with their bills, and fo plunge down in fociety. Others again would form a large mafs, by clinging... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...it broke and funk with them to the bottom ; and their immcrfion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying hold of я ftraw with their bills, and fo plunge down in fociety. Others again would form a large mafs, by... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1796 - 512 pages
...a reed till.it broke and funk with them ; and their immerfion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length ; that others would unite in laying hold of a flraw with their bills, and fo plunge downinfociety. Others, again, would form a large mafs by clinging... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...broke and funk with them to the bottcin; and their iinmerfion \>as preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying hold of a Itraw with their bills, and fo plunge down in focicty. Others again would foim a large ma(V, by clinging... | |
 | George Wither - 1814 - 348 pages
...broke, and sunk with them to the bottom ; and before their immersion, they had a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length". That others would unite in laying...naturalists and others, there appears not the smallest truth hi them. Indeed, they areso absurd, so exceedingly absurd, that they are hardly worthy confutation.... | |
 | Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pages
...broke, and sunk with them to the bottom ; and before their immersion, they had a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying...others, there appears not the smallest truth in them. Indeed, they are so absurd, so exceedingly absurd, that they are hardly worthy confutation. Can it... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - Birds - 1838 - 208 pages
...it broke and sunk with them to the bottom ; and their immersion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying...large mass, by clinging together with their feet, and so commit themselves to the deep. Such are the relations given by those that are fond of this opinion,... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - Natural history - 1886 - 344 pages
...broke and sunk with them to the bottom ; and that their immersion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying...large mass, by clinging together with their feet, and so commit themselves to the deep. ' Such are the relations given by those that are fond of this opinion,... | |
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... they had a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. That others would unite in laying hold of a straw with their bills, and so plunge down in society. Others again would form a large mass, by clinging together with their feet, and in that manner commit... 