 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 pages
...it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly. This effort the creature effectually resisted ; it lifted its head, with its large, projecting eyes,...and, loosing its hold of the rocks, suddenly sprang on Mr. Beale's arm, which he had previously bared to the shoulder, for the purpose of thrusting it... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 446 pages
...united efforts of himself and the creature. He then gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disentangle it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by...rocks, suddenly sprang upon Mr Beale's arm, (which he had previously bared to the shoulder for the purpose of thrusting it into holes in the rocks after... | |
 | George Kearley - 1862 - 356 pages
...limb would be torn asunder between them. He then gave the animal a violent jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by its suckers. The Cephalopod, however, kept its hold; but the tug was too much for its temper ; for, the moment after,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - 830 pages
...powerful jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rock to which it clung so forcibly by its suckers, which it effectually resisted. But the moment after, the...apparently enraged animal lifted its head, with its large eyes projecting from the middle of its body, and, letting go its hold of the rocks, suddenly sprung... | |
 | Walter Frederick Campbell - 1863 - 376 pages
...would be torn asunder by our "-united strength. I soon gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to dis" engage it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by its " suckers, which it effectually resisted ; but the moment after, " the apparently enraged animal lifted its head... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 pages
...the united efforts of himself and the creature. He then gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by...rocks, suddenly sprang upon Mr. Beale's arm, which he had previously bared to the shoulder for the purpose of thrusting it into holes in the rocks after... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 pages
...the united efforts of himself and the creature. He then gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by...rocks, suddenly sprang upon Mr. Beale's arm, which he had previously bared to the shoulder for the purpose of thrusting it into holes in the rocks after... | |
 | Louis Figuier - 1868 - 682 pages
...jerk ; it resisted the effort successfully, but the moment after the enraged animal lifted a head with large projecting eyes, and, loosing its hold of the...rocks, suddenly sprang upon Mr. Beale's arm, which had been previously bared to the shoulder, and clung to it with its suckers, while it endeavoured to... | |
 | Young people - 1869 - 684 pages
...powerful jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rock to which it clung so forcibly by its suckers, which it effectually resisted. But the moment after, the...apparently enraged animal lifted its head, with its large eyes projecting from the middle, and, letting go its hold upon the rocks, suddenly sprang upon my arm,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 pages
...the united efforts of himself and the creature. He then gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by...hold of the rocks, suddenly sprang upon Mr. Beale's ami, and clung to it by means of its suckers with great power, endeavoring to get its beak, which could... | |
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He then gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to disengage it from the rocks to which it clung so forcibly by its suckers. 
