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" He forms no bait, nor lays the tempting snare ; But the dull sluggard boasts a crab his friend, Whose busy eyes the coming prey attend. One room contains them, and the partners dwell Beneath the convex of one sloping shell ; Deep in the watery vast the... "
Glimpses of Ocean Life, Or, Rock-pools and the Lessons They Teach - Page 59
by John Harper - 1860 - 382 pages
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Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients

Oppian - Classical philology - 1722 - 276 pages
...tempting Snare. But the dull Sluggard boafts a kinder Friend, Whofe bufy Eyes the coming Prey attend. joj One Room contains them ; and the Partners dwell Beneath the Convex of one floping Shell. Deep in the wat'ry Vaft the Comrades rove, And mutual Int'reft binds their conftant...
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Encyclopędia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 4, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 454 pages
...forms no bait, nor lays the tempting fvnre ; But the dull fluggard boafts a crab his friend, Whofe bufy eyes the coming prey attend. One room contains them, and the partners dwell Beneath the convex of one floping (hell ; Deep in the watry vaft the comrades rove, And mutual intereft binds their confiant...
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster, Volume 7

Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...paths obscurely glides; A stupid wretch, and void of thoughtful care, He forms no bait, nor lays the tempting snare ; But the dull sluggard boasts a crab...attend : One room contains them, and the partners dwcH Beneath the conwx of one sloping shell ; 3D Crutlacea. Fisum. PLATE CCXXI. »•ig- 3. Variant....
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Lessons on shells, as given ... in a Pestalozzian school, at Cheam, by the ...

Elizabeth Mayo - 1832 - 292 pages
...habits of the Pinna?. A stupid wretch, and void of thoughtful care, He forms no bait, nor lays the tempting snare ; But the dull sluggard boasts a crab...friend the lucky juncture tells, When in the circuit of the gaping shells Fish, wandering, enter ; then the bearded guide, Warns the dull mate, and pricks...
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Excursions to Arran, Ailsa Craig, and the two Cumbraes, with reference to ...

David Landsborough - 1852 - 206 pages
...paths obscurely glides; A stupid wretch, and void of thoughtful care, He forma no bait, nor lays the tempting snare But the dull sluggard boasts a crab...comrades rove, And mutual interest binds their constant lore; That wiser friend the lucky juncture tells, When in the gaping circuit of the shells Fish, wandering,...
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Titan, Volume 23

English literature - 1856 - 642 pages
...paths obscurely giides*; A stupid wretch, and -void of thoughtful care, He forms no bait, nor bys the tempting snare; But the dull sluggard boasts a Crab...contains them, and the partners dwell Beneath the concave of one sloping shell; Deep in the watery waste the comrades rove, And mutual interest binds...
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The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side

Thomas Rymer Jones - Marine animals - 1858 - 588 pages
...path obscurely glides ; A stupid wretch, and void of thoughtful care, Ho forms no bait, nor lays a tempting snare. But the dull sluggard boasts a Crab...the convex of one sloping shell ; Deep in the watery waste the comrades rove, And mutual interest binds their constant love ; That wiser friend the lucky...
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Ebb and flow: the curiosities of the sea-shore

Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 328 pages
...paths obscurely glides ; A stupid wretch, and void of thoughtful care, He forms no bait, nor lavs the tempting snare ; But the dull sluggard boasts a crab...contains them, and the partners dwell Beneath the concave of one sloping shell ; Deep in the watery waste the comrades rove, And mutual interest binds...
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The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, Volume 2

John Keast Lord - British Columbia - 1866 - 410 pages
...with the Keyhole, recalling to my remembrance Oppian's lines on the pinna and the parasitic crab — One room contains them, and the partners dwell Beneath...the convex of one sloping shell, Deep in the watery wastes the comrades rove, And mutual interest binds their mutual love. That the parasite worm does...
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The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading

1866 - 864 pages
...boasts a crui his friend, Wliose busy eyes the coming prey attend. One room contains them, anil tho partners dwell Beneath the convex of one sloping shell. Deep in the wat'ry vast tho comrades rove, And nmtnal interest binds their mutual lovo. That wiser friend the lucky...
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