 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 290 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings and running its head up in a corner." The old tortoise begins to dig a hole in the ground to go into winter quarters early in November. "It... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1898 - 448 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings,...in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It B totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1900 - 622 pages
...and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass ; for aa sure as it walks elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe,...earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before iiight. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1904 - 540 pages
...its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass ; for as sure as its walks elate, and as it were on tiptoe, feeding with...a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after jt becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach as well as lungs; and... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1904 - 336 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings and running its head up in a corner." The old tortoise begins to dig a hole in the ground to go into winter quar186 ters early in November.... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1904 - 336 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings and running its head up in a corner." The old tortoise begins to dig a hole in the ground to go into winter quarters early in November. "... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1906 - 304 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings,...great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain 130 The Natural History before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1908 - 314 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings,...great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain ±»efore night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to stir after it becomes dark.... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wade, Emma Sylvester - 1908 - 360 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings...a corner. If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather glass ; for as sure as it walks elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1910 - 478 pages
...wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings,...pretends to stir after it becomes dark. The tortoise, like other reptiles, has an arbitrary stomach as well as lungs; and can refrain from eating as well... | |
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No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain ; for, though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as... 
