 It is true that the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils of its crouching spiral, it can spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing: all these creatures...  The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed - Seite 141von National cyclopaedia - 1884Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1850 - 432 Seiten
...them. It is true, the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, out swim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing ; thus all these creatures fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle... | |
 | 1850 - 442 Seiten
...them. It is true, the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outelimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing ; thus all these creatures fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle... | |
 | 1851 - 470 Seiten
...them. It is true the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing; thus all these creatures fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands or talons, yet it can outwrestle... | |
 | 1851 - 474 Seiten
...them. It is true the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing ; thus all these creatures fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands or talons, yet it can outwrestle... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1854 - 422 Seiten
...It is true that the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outcHmb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle tho athleto and crust ihe tiger in the embrace of its ponderous overlapping folds. Instead... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1854 - 362 Seiten
...It is true that the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle the athlete and crush the tiger in the embrace of its ponderous overlapping folds. Instead... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1855 - 156 Seiten
...monkey, outswim the fish, outlcap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the elose coils of its erouching spiral, it can spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing : all these ercatures have bcen observed to fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1859 - 156 Seiten
...the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the elose eoils of its erouehing spiral, it ean spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing : all these ereatures have been observed to'fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it ean... | |
 | 1861 - 316 Seiten
...them. It is true the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils...spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing : thus all these creatures fall its prey. The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle... | |
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