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" ... back into the hole of the rock ; but, if left undisturbed for about four minutes, it would come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again... "
The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine:: Being a Complete ... - Page 658
by William Granger - 1804
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 474 pages
...together its yellow border, and fhrink back into the hole of the rock ; but, if left undiilurbed for about four minutes, it would come gradually in fight,...former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a furprifmg quicknefs,when my hand came within a fmall diilance of it. Having tried the fame experiment...
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A Key to Physic and the Occult Sciences, Opening to Mental View the System ...

Ebenezer Sibly - Astrology - 1802 - 420 pages
....conttafibtogetbec its.yBlloWpbcwdar,' and fh rink back into the hole. of the xock.; .but, if left .undiflur.bedfoc. about four minutes, it would come,• gradually in fight, expanding, though at iirll very cauUoufty, ,its feeming.lQave*,', tillatjatt it appeaced in.^$ifwnjflrhl«orn. However,...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge ..., Volume 2

Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pages
...together its yellow bolder, and ihrink b.ick into the hole of the rock ; but, if left undiilurbcd for about four minutes, it would come gradually in fight, expanding, though at firlt very cautir>ufly, its u-rming leaves, till at laft it appeired iu its former bloom. Howevor,...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued ..., Volume 8

1821 - 448 pages
...come gradually in sight, extending, throngh at first very cantiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, u In n my hand came within a small distance of it. Having tried the same experiment,...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However it would again recoil with a surprising quickness when my hand came within a small distance of it. Having tried the same experiment...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 1

1833 - 540 pages
...come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, when I came within a little distance of it. Having tried the same experiment,...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 1-2

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 1092 pages
...come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, when I came within a little distance of it. Having tried the same experiment,...
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Zoology: Fishes and invertebrated animals

William Benjamin Carpenter - Fishes - 1845 - 612 pages
...come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, when I came within a little distance of it. Having tried the same experiment...
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Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits ..., Volume 2

William Benjamin Carpenter - Zoology - 1848 - 656 pages
...come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, when I came within a little distance of it. Having tried the same experiment...
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Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure ..., Volume 2

William Benjamin Carpenter - Zoology - 1858 - 644 pages
...come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, when I came within a little distance of it. Having tried the same experiment...
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