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" Muskles are; the other end is made fast into the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth 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 foresaid lace or string;... "
The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross ... - Page 138
by Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 468 pages
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 4

Science - 1874 - 800 pages
...contained a thing in form like a lace of silk finely woven, as it were, together, of a whitish color ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussels are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in...
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Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1874 - 636 pages
...finely woven, as it were togither, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastened unto BARNACLES. the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are ; the other ende is made fast unto the Fig. 29. belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time com meth to the shape...
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Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society

Hakluyt Society - Northeast Passage - 1876 - 508 pages
...it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastued vnto the inside of the shell, euen as the fish of oisters and muskles are ; the other end is made fast vnto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme of a bird : when...
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1880 - 684 pages
...thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oistere and Muskles are ; the other ende is made fast unto the belly •of a rude masse or lumpe, which...
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Sea Fables Explained

Henry Lee - Ocean - 1883 - 140 pages
...were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened vnto the inside of the shell, euen as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are : the other end is made fast vnto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme of a Bird : when...
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The Fisheries Exhibition Literature, Volume 3

Fisheries - 1883 - 718 pages
...were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened vnto the inside of the shell, cuen as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are : the other end is made fast vnto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme of a Bird : when...
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The Mason College Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1883 - 440 pages
...lace of silk finely woven, as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened into the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Huskies are ; the other ende is made fast into the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth...
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The Birds of Lancashire

Frederick Shaw Mitchell - Birds - 1885 - 294 pages
...the Muskle, but " sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour : wherein is con" tained a thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven as " it were together,...inside of the shell, even as the fish of " Oisters and Huskles are : the other end is made fast unto "the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time "...
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1885 - 688 pages
...thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell,...as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are ; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape COPIED...
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 1

Friedrich Max Müller - Comparative linguistics - 1885 - 692 pages
...forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof ia fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are ; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape 589 COPIED...
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