 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...dark.'* "The tortoise," adds Mr. W. "like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as longs, and can refrain from eating, as well as breathing, for a great part of the year. I was much taken with its sagacity, in discerning those that do il kind offices ; for as soon as (he... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pages
...and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark.'' "The tortoise," adds Mr. W. "like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as lungs, and can...eating, as well as breathing, for a great part of the jear. I was much taken with its sagacity, in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soou... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 pages
...never pretends to stir after it becomes dark." " The tortoise," adds Mr. W. " like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as lungs, and can...as well as breathing, for a great part of the year. I was much taken with its sagacity, in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon as the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pages
...diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach as well as lungs ; and can...as well as breathing for a great part of the year. When first awakened it eats nothing ; nor again in the Autumn before it retires : through the height... | |
 | 1823 - 858 pages
...diurnal animal, and never pretende to stir after it becomes dark. Tbe tertobe, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach as well as lungs ; and can...as well as breathing for a great part of the year. When first awakened it eats nothing ; nor again in the autumn before it retires: through the height... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 248 pages
...are hatched in September, at which time the young are about the size of a large walnut. The Tortoise can refrain from eating as well as breathing, for...longevity, being known to exist upwards of a hundred and twenty years, and is so tenacious of life that it will live for many months after its brains have... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 pages
...animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. " The tortoise, as well as other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as lungs, and can...as well as breathing, for a great part of the year. I was much taken with its sagacity, in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon as the... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 pages
...animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. " The tortoise, as well as other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as lungs, and can...as well as breathing, for a great part of the year. I was much taken with its sagacity, in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon аз... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach, as well as lungs ; and can...as well as breathing for a great part of the year. When first awakened it eats nothing ; nor again in the autumn before it retires : through the height... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pages
...ground a winter cave or residence. It was a diurnal animal, and never stirred after dark. It could refrain from eating as well as breathing for a great part of the year ; but during the height of summer it fed voraciously, devouring all the food that came in its way.... | |
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... weatherglass; for as sure as it walks elate, and as it were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise... 
