 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...instrument of defence except the tail ; with that it endeavours to strike the enemy ; and a single blow taking place, would effectually destroy its adversary : but the sword-fish is аз active as the other is strong, and easily avoids the stroke; then bounding into the air, it falls... | |
 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 pages
...no instrument of defence except the tail ; with that it endeavours to strike the enemy, and a single blow taking place would effectually destroy its adversary;...stroke; then bounding into the air, it falls upon its enemy, and endeavours not to pierce with its pointed beak, but to cut with its toothed edges. The sea... | |
 | John Platts - 1882 - 558 pages
...no instrument of defence except the tail ; with that it endeavours to strike the enemv, and a single blow taking place would effectually destroy its adversary;...stroke ; then bounding into the air, it falls upon its enemy, and endeavours not to pierce with its pointed beak, but to cut with its toothed edges. The sea... | |
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The whale has no instrument of defence except the tail; with that it endeavours to strike the enemy, and a single blow taking place would effectually destroy its adversary: but the sword-fish is as active as the other is strong, and easily avoids the... 
