 | Sharon Turner - 1833 - 594 Seiten
...thiscreatnre, night and day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ... If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. . . . I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1839 - 416 Seiten
...forcing its great body into the cavity. . .If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-elass ; for as sure as it walks elate, and as it were on tiptoe,...feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. . . 1 was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1842 - 336 Seiten
...that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling...sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If at. tended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass ; for as sure as it walks elate, and, as it were,... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 Seiten
...has a shell that would secure it against a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in the morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends... | |
 | 1843 - 524 Seiten
...has a shell that would secure it against a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in the morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends... | |
 | 1843 - 536 Seiten
...has a shell that would secure it against a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in the morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends... | |
 | 1843 - 1040 Seiten
...has a shell that would secure it against a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, .shuffling...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in the morning, s') sure will it rain before nisrht. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends... | |
 | 1850 - 602 Seiten
...has a shell that would secure it against a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitudo about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling...were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in the morning, so sure will it rain before night. Darwin's great tortoises marched by night as well as... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...has a shell which would secure it against a loaded cart, yet it discovers as much solicitude about rain, as a lady dressed in all her best attire — shuffling away at the first sprinkling, and running its head up in a corner. " If attended to, it becomes an excellent... | |
 | 1856 - 1178 Seiten
...does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, ifcuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in the morning, so sure will it rain Before night. It never pretends to stir after it Becomes dark. It... | |
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No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain ; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a... 
