 | Michel Adanson - 1759 - 368 oldal
...is capable of giving one an idea of the prodigious ftrength of an oftrich. and of fhewing what ufe it might be of, had we but the method of breaking and managing it as we do a horfe. G4 I 1749. July' I was not fo long in falling down fromrp°re ^e river to the ifland of dor.... | |
 | 796 oldal
...is capable of giving one an idea of the prodigious ftrength of the oftrich, and of (hewing what ufe it might be of, had we but the method of breaking and managing it as we do a hoife." Their ficih, which is foi bid by the Mofaic law, is kid to be offend, с both 10 the Natural... | |
 | 716 oldal
...capable of giving one an idea of the prodigious ftrcngth of the oftrich ; a'nd of fhewing what ufe it might be of, had we but the method of breaking and managing it as we do ho*fes. CHARACTER of tbe PRINCESS of BRUNSWICK. HER Serene HighricTs the Princefs Augufta, daughter... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 oldal
...but without all doubt they would be able to perform the race in less time. I have frequently beholden this sight, which is capable of giving one an idea...method of breaking and managing it as we do a horse. CHARACTER OF THE STORK. IT has a grave air, and a mournful visage ; yet, when roused by example, it... | |
 | 1814 - 984 oldal
...sight which is capable of givmg cue an idea of the prodigious strength of an ostrich, and of shewing what use it might be of had we but the method of breaking and managing it as we do a horse. APPEARANCE of RELIGION, witfiout REALITY. AHAB reformed — Herod did many things in the way of reformation... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1814 - 942 oldal
...is capable of giving one an idea of the prodigious ftrength of an oftrich ; and of ihewing what ufe it might be of, had we but the method of breaking and managing it as we do a horfe. I was not fo long in falling down the river to the ifland of Senegal, as I had been in going... | |
 | 1826 - 376 oldal
...England. It is true they would not hold out so long as a horse; but they would undoubtedly go over a given space in less time. I have frequently beheld this...we but the method of breaking and managing it as we dp a horse." THE CATCHER CAUGHT. During a sudden inundation of the Rhine, a bare unable to escape through... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 380 oldal
...sight, which is capable of giving one an idea of the prodigious strength of an ostrich, and of shewing what use it might be of, had we but the method of breaking and managing it as we do a horse." During a sudden inundation of the Rhine, a hare unable to escape through the water to an eminence,... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1833 - 394 oldal
...and consequently must know that there is no man whatever able to keep up with it ; and it is easy ta imagine that if this bird had a longer step, its speed...accomplished traveller of that name. We now arrive at the Grallalorcs, or long-legged birds, commonly called waders, on account of the semi-aquatic propensities... | |
 | 1833 - 310 oldal
...is easy to imagine, that if this bird had a longer step, its speed would be considerably increased. The ostrich moves like the partridge, with this advantage...method of breaking and managing it as we do a horse. 100 101 KENILWORTH CASTLE. THY walls transferred to Leicester's favourej earl He lonj;, beneath thy... | |
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The ostrich moves likes the partridge, with this advantage ; and I am satisfied that those I am speaking of, would have distanced the fleetest race-horses that were ever bred in England. It is true, they would not hold out so long as a horse, but they... 
