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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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The home tutor, a treasury of self-culture

Home tutor - 1862 - 532 pages
...perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or sting ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and, as...it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hanging only by the/ bill. In short space it cometh to full maturity and falleth...
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The illustrated natural history, Volume 2; Volume 125

John George Wood - 1862 - 804 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, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill : in short space...
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The Illustrated Natural History: Birds

John George Wood - 1862 - 804 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, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill : in short space...
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The Illustrated Natural History: Birds

John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...shel japeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come ;lie legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shel by degrees, ill at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill : in short space after...
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Man; Or, The Old and New Philosophy ...

Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1863 - 338 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 the bill ; in short space after it cometh to full maturitie,...
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Cassell's popular natural history, Volumes 3-4; Volume 43

Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 pages
...bird ; when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appearebh is the aforesaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and, as it groweth greater, it opeueth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill , in...
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The Illustrated Natural History: Birds. 1864

John George Wood - 1831 - 802 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, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill : in short space...
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Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

Friedrich Max Müller - 1864 - 652 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 540 BARNACLES. space after it commeth to...
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The English Cyclopaedia, Part 2, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 582 pages
...open, and the first thing that appearcth is the forcsaid lace or string ; next come the legs of tho 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; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie,...
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Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 584 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 out, and as it tpraweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only...
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