 | John Bidlake - 1804 - 284 pages
...Ibid. NOTES TO BOOK II. PAGE 180, LINE 54-0. " More dread, the king of terrors, Ihe fierce shark." OF all the inhabitants of the deep, those of the shark kind are the fiercest and most voracious. But the great white shark joins to the most amazing rapidity, the strongest appetites... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...general ignorance of the rest of their history. CHAP. II. Of Cartilaginous Fishes of the Shark Kind. OF all the inhabitants of the deep, those of the shark...which is the largest of the kind, joins to the most amazing rapidity, the strongest appetites for mischief: as he approaches nearly in size to the whale,... | |
 | 1820 - 188 pages
...covering trunks, making waisicoats, shot-pouches, -and several other conveniences. THE SHARK. OF all (he inhabitants of the deep, those of the Shark kind are...the fiercest and the most voracious. The smallest of ihis tribe is not less dreaded by greater fish, than many that to appearance seem more powerful ; nor... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 518 pages
...general ignorance of the rest of their history. CHAPTER II. OF CARTILAGINOUS FISHES OF THE SHARK KIND. OF all the inhabitants of the deep, those of the shark...dreaded by greater fish, than many that to appearance teem more powerful ; nor do any of them seem fearful of attacking •A1KUSIH animals far above their... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...their body ; and as soon as their young quit the shell, they begin to quit the womb also. THE SHARK. OF all the inhabitants of the deep those of the Shark kind are the fiercest and most voracious. THE WHITE SHARK P" Is sometimes seen to rank even among the whales for magnitude; and... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...their body ; and as soon as their young quit the shell, they begin to quit the womb also. THE SHARK. OP all the inhabitants of the deep those of the Shark kind are the fiercest and most voracious. THE WHITE SHARK Is sometimes seen to rank even among the whales for magnitude; and... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...their body; and as soon as their young quit the shell, they begin to quit the womb also. THE SHARK. OF all the inhabitants of the deep those of the Shark kind ure the fiercest and most voracious. THE WHITE SHARK Is sometimes seen to rank even among the whales... | |
 | Samuel Wilderspin - 1840 - 520 pages
...Do all these bring forth their young alive in the same manner as the whale ? A. They do. THE SHARK. Of all the inhabitants of the deep, those of the shark kind, are the fiercest and most voracious. The great white shark is sometimes found nearly as large as the whale, having been... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...ignorance of the rest of their history. CHAP. II. OF CARTM. t'.i V- ls lI.III.S OF THE SHARK KIND. Of all the inhabitants of the deep, those of the shark...which is the largest of the kind, joins to the most amazing rapidity, the strongest appetites for mischief: as he approaches nearly in size to the whale,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...twenty years, would occupy a space equal in bulk to ten such globes as the earth on which we live. Of the inhabitants of the deep, those of the shark kind are the most formidable and voracious. Of this numerous and terrific tribe, the White Shark is the largest,... | |
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... and the Fishing Frog. Each of these has somewhat peculiar in its powers or its forms, that deserves to be remarked. The description of the figures of these at least may compensate for our general ignorance of the rest of their history. CHAP. II. Of... 
