 | English literature - 1791 - 542 pages
...fleih is wann and drying, of eafy digcftion, and recommended, in medical books, as a- folvent of (tone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no fufficicnt proof. The female lays many beautiful eggs refembling large pearls j the white of them,... | |
 | English poetry - 1792 - 724 pages
...medical books, as a fulvent of ftone in the bladder or kidneys t but of thaC virtue there is no iuiHcient proof. The female lays many beautiful eggs refembling...they are boiled, is tranfparent, and the flavour of thent is exquifitelv delicate. When many Baya's are aflemblsd on a high tree, they make a lively din,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1794 - 892 pages
...fiefh is warm and diying,o£eafy digeiHon, and recommended in medical books, as a folvent of ilone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there...refembling large pearls, the white of them, when they are bailed, is tranfparent, and the flavour of them is exquifitely delicate. When many Bayas are afiembled... | |
 | Hunting - 1795 - 434 pages
...diving, anil of eafy di• gtftion, and rtcommendfd in medical books, as a folvent of ftone ip the badder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no fufficient proof. The female lays many beautiful eggs, refemblmg , large pearls, the iranfparent and the flavour of them is exquifitely delicate. Wlien many... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 422 pages
...flefh is warm and drying, of eafy digeftion, and recommended in medical books as a folvent of ilone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there...no fufficient proof. The female lays many beautiful egg» refembling large pearls; the white of them, when they are boiled, is tranfparent, and the flavour... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and recommended, in medical hooks, as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys; but of that virtue there is no sufficient proof. [341 The female lays many beautiful eggs, resembling large pearls ; the .white of... | |
 | 1829 - 410 pages
...flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and recommended in medical books as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no sufficient proof. The female lays many beautiful eggs, resembling large pearls ; the white of them,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1830 - 318 pages
...flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and recommended in medical books as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no sufficient proof. The female lays many beautiful eggs, resembling large pearls ; the white of them,... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 714 pages
...flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and recommended in medical books, as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no sufficient proof. The female lays many beautiful eggs, resembling large pearls : the white of them,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 pages
...flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and recommended in medical books, as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no sufficient [»roof. The female lays many beautiful eggs, resembling large pearls : the white of them,... | |
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His flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and recommended in medical books as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is no sufficient proof. 