| 1765 - 692 Seiten
...it was brairghO To-morrow we're to have it st Crane-Court, And 'tis a reptile of fo Itrange a fort, That if 'tis cut in two it is not dead, Its head (hoots out a tail, its tail a head; Takeout in middle, and obfeiveits endt, Here • hud riCel, there... | |
| 1767 - 704 Seiten
...wonderful'ft of all the works of nature : Hither it came from Holland, where 'twas caught, (I mould not fay it came, for it was brought) To-morrow we're to have it at Crane-court, And 'tis a reptile of fo ftrange a fort, . That if 'tis cut in two, it is not dead ; Its head moots out a tail, its tail... | |
| Horace - 1767 - 428 Seiten
...Lines, in a Poem written fome Years ago by the late Sir William Yungsi It is a Reptile of fo ftr.mge a Sort, That if 'tis cut in two it is not dead, Its Head fhoots out a Tail, its Tail a Head ; Take out its Middle, and obferve its Ends, Here a Head rifes,... | |
| John Almon - 1786 - 478 Seiten
...works of Nature : Hither it came from Holland where 'twas caught (I fliould not fay it came, for.it was brought :} To-morrow we're to have it at Crane-court ^ And 'tis a reptile of fo ftrange a fort, That if 'tis cut in two,- it is not dead ; Its head fhoots out a tail, its tail... | |
| John Almon - 1786 - 328 Seiten
...wonderful'ft of all the works of Nature : Hither it came from Holland where ''twas caught (I mould not fay it came, for it was brought :) To-morrow we're to have it at Crane-court i And 'tis a reptile of fo ftrange a fort, That if'tis cut in two, it is not dead ; Its head fhoots... | |
| John Bell - 1794 - 574 Seiten
...call'd apolypvs."—" What's that ?"— " A creature, The wonderful'st of all the works of Nature : Hither it came from Holland, where 'twas caught, (I...Crane-court ; And 'tis a reptile of so strange a sort, TJiat if 'tis cut in two, it is not dead ; Its head shoots out a tail, its tail a head ; Take out it's... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 Seiten
...(vol. ip 397) that "the Society occupied the Society. building for a period of seventy-two years." Hither it came from Holland, where 'twas caught (I...for it was brought) : To-morrow we're to have it at Crane Court." Sir CH WILLIAMS. Heaven formed him, too, and doubtless for some use, But Crane Court... | |
| James Chandler, Kevin Gilmartin - 2005 - 324 Seiten
...Williams, writing in 1759, described it like this: . . . 'tis a reptile of so strange a sort, That if'tis cut in two, it is not dead; Its head shoots out a tail, its tail a head. 47 Among the highest forms of life - Louis XVI, say, or even George III — to cut them in two is a... | |
| 1797 - 560 Seiten
...wonderful'st of all the works of Nature : Hither it came from Holland, where 'twas caught, (I should not sav it came, for it was brought :) To-morrow we're to...head shoots out a tail, its tail a head ; Take out it's middle, and observe its ends, Here a head rises — there a tail descends; Or cut ofFany part... | |
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