 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...unto certain shells, in shape like those of the Muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and Muscles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...into certain shells, in shape like those of a tnugcle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour. One end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles, and the other end is made fast unto the belly, of a rude mass, which in time cometh to the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and muscles are ; and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk finely woven together, one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are; the other end is made fast unto a rude mass or lump, which in time comes into the shape... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk J finely woven together, one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are; the other end is made fast unto a rude mass or lump, which in time comes into the shape... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...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 are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are: and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in time cometh... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together^ of a whitish cqlbur ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Natural history - 1834 - 408 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time,... | |
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... to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open and the first thing that appeareth is the... 
