| William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found 4 - * •i- • • •• • certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto...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... | |
| Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, east up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth onto certaine shcls, in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...by shipwrecks; also the trunks and bodies, with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth,...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... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 682 pages
...and branches of rotten trees, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk finely woven together, one end whereof is... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also the trunks and branches of rotten trees, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also the trunks and branches of rotten trees, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...by shipwrecks ; also the trunks and bodies, with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise; whereon is found a certain spume or froth,...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... | |
| James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...shipwreck, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth,...breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace... | |
| James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or frpth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and pf a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace... | |
| James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 410 pages
...shipwreck, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breetleth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish... | |
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