 His angry feelings urge him to kick the poor beast, which, conscious of its inability to resist, rolls off like a ball. The more the farmer rages, the more reluctant is the animal to manifest resentment; at last there it lies, not dead, but exhausted,...  Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated - 496. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1870 - 800 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1837 - 678 oldal
...reluctant is the animal to manifest resentment ; at last, there it lies, not dead, but exhausted, its jaws open, its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed; and there...until the bottle-fly should come to deposit its eggs [larva;], did not its tormentor at length walk off. ' Surely,' says he to himself, • the beast must... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - 1840 - 312 oldal
...there it would lie until the butterfly should come to deposit its eggs, did not its tormentor at length walk off. " Surely," says he to himself, " the beast...reader, it is only " 'possuming," and no sooner has its enemy withdrawn, than it gradually gets on its legs, and once more makes for the woods. Once while... | |
 | Wonders - 1847 - 444 oldal
...the animal to manifest resentment ; at last there it lies — not dead, but exhausted — its jaws open, its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed ; and there...should come to deposit its eggs, did not its tormentor at length walk off. ' Surely,' says he to himself, ' the beast must be dead.' But no, reader, it is... | |
 | 1847 - 490 oldal
...reluctant is the animal to manifest resistance; at last there it lies, not dead but exhausted, its jaws open, its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed ; and there...bottle-fly should come to deposit its eggs, did not its tormenter at last walk off. Surely, says he to himself, the beast must be dead. But no, reader, it... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 oldal
...the animal to manifest resistance ; at last there it lies, not dead, but exhausted, its jaws open, its eyes dimmed; and there it would lie until the...reader, it is only "possuming," and no sooner has its enemy withdrawn, than it gradually gets on its legs, and once more makes for the woods." The length... | |
 | John George Wood - 1865 - 842 oldal
...reluctant ithe animal to manifest resentment ; at last there it lies, not dead but exhausted, its javopen, its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed ; and there it would lie until the bottle-fir should come to deposit its eggs, did not its tormentor walk off. ' Surely,' says he ti>... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1873 - 500 oldal
...but exhausted — its jaws open, its tongue extended, its eye dimmed ; and there it would lie till the bottle-fly should come to deposit its eggs, did not its tormentor at length walk off. ' Surely,' says he to himself, 'the beast must be dead !' But no, reader: it is... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 248 oldal
...reluctant is the animal to manifest resentment ; at last there it lies, not dead but exhausted, its jaws open, its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed ; and there...he to himself, " the beast must be dead." But no, it is only " 'possuming," and no sooner has his enemy withdrawn than it gradually gets on its legs,... | |
 | 1878 - 592 oldal
...its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed. 'Surely, says the toimentor, the beast must be dead.' But no, it is only 'possuming,' and no sooner has his enemy withdrawn than it makes for its home in the woods." 4Э6 497 The Otter haunts most of the rivers, lakes, and coasts of... | |
 | Temperate regions - 1882 - 268 oldal
...is the animal to manifest resentment ; at last, there it lies — not dead, but exhausted, its jaws open, its tongue extended, its eyes dimmed ; and there...reader, it is only ' 'possuming ; ' and no sooner has its enemy withdrawn than it gradually gets on its legs, and once more makes for the woods." FUR-BEARING... | |
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