 | Paul Belloni Du Chaillu - 1873 - 254 pages
...beating his breast with rage — what a huge hand he had ! — I fired, and killed him. With a groan that had something terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, he fell forward on his face like a man when he is struck by a bullet in the chest. He shook convulsively for a few minutes, his... | |
 | Half hours - 1875 - 376 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him. " With a groan, which...work, and I had leisure to examine the huge body." After reading this, one cannot wonder that the author says, " I never kill a gorilla without having... | |
 | English reader - 1875 - 170 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him. With a groan which...brutishness, he fell forward on his face. The body shook for a 100 THE GORILLA few minutes," the limbs moved about in a struggling way, and then all was quiet... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1875 - 582 pages
...here, as he began another of his roars and beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. 'iWith a groan which had something terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishuess, it fell forward ou its face. 197 The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1877 - 876 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired and killed him. With a groan which...death had done its work, and I had leisure to examine th» huge body. It proved to be five feet eight inches high, and the muscular development of the arms... | |
 | James Greenwood (journalist.) - 1880 - 508 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast iu rage, we fired and killed him. " With a groan, which...The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the liinbs moved about in a struggling way, and then all was quiet — death had done its work, and I had... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 296 pages
...advanced; and finally, when at a distance of six yards from us, he stopped. We fired and killed him. 16. With a groan which had something terribly human in...full of brutishness, he fell forward on his face. The huge body proved to be five feet eight inches high, and the muscular development of the arms and breast... | |
 | Charles Henry Eden - 1880 - 356 pages
...began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him." "With a groan that had something terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, he fell forward on hisface. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved about in a struggling way,... | |
 | Elizabeth Spooner - 1881 - 302 pages
...of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him. With a groan which...full of brutishness, he fell forward on his fa'ce." Du Chaillu gives the following interesting account of the capture of a young live gorilla. " On the... | |
 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1881 - 314 pages
...violence." — Hamlet. " God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man." Portia. " With a groan that had something terribly human in it, and yet was full of brutishness, the man-ape fell forward on his face." — Du Chaillu. LEGEND OF THE BLAMELESS PRIEST 64 SIGHT-SEEING... | |
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... some representations of the infernal regions. He advanced a few steps — then stopped to utter that hideous roar again — advanced again — and finally stopped when at a distance of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of... 
