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The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story - Page 467
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1854 - 477 pages
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The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross ...

Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth onto certaine shcls, in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour ; wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace Of silke finely woven as it were together,...
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Elements of Natural History: Invertebrata, &c

John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...cast up by the sea, " is found a certaine spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certaine shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together,...
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A Familiar History of Birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts, Volume 2

Edward Stanley - Birds - 1835 - 334 pages
...unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles are...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 4

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...there likewise; whereon is found a certaine spume, or froth, that in time breedeth unto certaine Miels, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour: wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silko finely woven, as it were, together,...
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The Conchologist's Text-book: Embracing the Arrangements of Lamarck and ...

Thomas Brown - Mollusks - 1835 - 234 pages
...there likewise : whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedith into certain shells, in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silk, finely woven as it were, together,...
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A Familiar History of Birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts, Volumes 1-2

Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - Birds - 1835 - 324 pages
...there likewise; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that, in time, breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together;...
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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of ..., Volume 3

John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 784 pages
...into certain shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of...silke, finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volumes 53-54

John William Carleton - 1865 - 1236 pages
...there likewise ; wherein is found a certain spnme or froth, that in time brcedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whiter colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven, as it were...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the ..., Volume 1

Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 512 pages
...there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth to certaine shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour; wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together,...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or Dates, Charters and Customs of the Middle Ages ...

Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 954 pages
...there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth to certaine shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour; wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together,...
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