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" ... when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string : next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all... "
History of Wonderful Fishes - Page 179
1820 - 181 pages
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1885 - 688 pages
...commeth to the shape COPIED FROM GERARBE'S ' HEEBAI.I-." lace or string ; next come the legs of the Birde hanging out ; and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie,...
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The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds

Charles Swainson - 1886 - 266 pages
...when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging...it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and...
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Myth-land

Frederick Edward Hulme - 1886 - 256 pages
...When it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging...it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees til at length it is all come forth and hangeth onely by the bill; in short space after it commeth to...
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The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds

Charles Swainson - 1886 - 270 pages
...when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the fotesaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging...and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degree^, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it...
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The Science of Language: Founded on Lectures Delivered at the ..., Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1891 - 764 pages
...and the first thing that appeereth is the foresaid lace or string; next come the legs of the Birde hanging out ; and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie,...
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The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry ...

Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1892 - 372 pages
...and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the Birde hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, and hangeth only by the bill, in short space after it commeth to full maturit^e,...
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Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By ...

Frederick Edward Hulme - 1895 - 368 pages
...When it is perfectly formed the shel gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string : next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shel by degrees til at length it is all come forth and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after...
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William Harvey

Sir D'Arcy Power - 1897 - 326 pages
...Bird ; when it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the...it openeth the shell by degrees till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by " There is a small island, Scotsmen call it the Bass (let it...
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Masters of medicine v. 7, 1897, Volume 7

1897 - 328 pages
...Bird ; when it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the...and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degree! till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by " There is a small island, Scotsmen...
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A Ship of Solace

Elinor Mordaunt - 1911 - 338 pages
...open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next comes the legs of a bird hanging out ; and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill ; a short time after it comes to full maturity, and...
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