... joined awkwardly to the trunk with scarce a vestige of neck, and the great muscular arms, and deep, cavernous breast, give to this waddle an ungainly horror, which adds to his ferocity of appearance. At the same time, the deep-set grey eyes sparkle... The Dublin Review - Page 477edited by - 1862Full view - About this book
| Half hours - Voyages and travels - 1881 - 402 pages
...which adds to his ferocity of appearance. His eye is deep-set and grey, and sparkles malignantly. His features are contorted in hideous wrinkles, and the...which a human limb would be crushed as a biscuit. Du Chaillu, in " Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa," says that the gorilla is literally... | |
| James William Buel - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1884 - 832 pages
...horror, which adds to his ferocity of appearance. At the same time, the deep-set grey eyes sparkle out with gloomy malignity ; the features are contorted...minutes, waiting with growing nervousness for the moment when he may relieve his GORILLAS SURPRISED IN A FOREST. suspense by firing. I have never fired... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - Science - 1887 - 886 pages
...world ever saw. In all my hunts and encounters with this animal, I never knew a grown male to run off. The hunter, looking with fearful care to his priming,...minutes, waiting with growing nervousness, for the moment when he may relieve his suspense by firing. I have never fired at a male at greater distance... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - Astronomy - 1887 - 886 pages
...world ever saw. In all my hunts and encounters with this animal, I never knew a grown male to run off. in hand, often for five weary minutes, waiting with growing nervousness, for the moment when he may relieve his suspense by firing. I have never fired at a male at greater distance... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...world ever saw. In all my hunts and encounters -with this animal, I never knew a grown male to run off. in hand, often for five weary minutes, waiting with growing nervousness, for the moment when he may relieve his suspense by firing. I have never fired at a male at greater distance... | |
| American periodicals - 1861 - 810 pages
...thick ;t to firo tnc gorilla (iasnej it out of h;s muscular arms. " His deep-set gray eyes sparkle with gloomy malignity ; the features are contorted in hideous wrinkles ; and the slight, .sharply cut lips, drawn up, reveal the long fangs and the powerful jaws, in. which a human limb would... | |
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