 were a naturalist to announce to the world the discovery of an animal which for the first five years of its life existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...  Gleanings in Bee Culture - Page 4781905Full view - About this book
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself, within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than anything else, an Egyptian mummy; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state, without food and... | |
 | James Wilson, James Duncan - 1834 - 382 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent ; which, then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within this covering into a body without external moutlTor limbe, and resembling, more than any thing else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after... | |
 | 1848 - 910 pages
...the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure .«ilk of the finest texture, contracted itself within this...mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this slate without food and motion for three years longer, should at the end of that period burst its silken... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1848 - 574 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...body without external mouth or limbs, and resembling an Egyptian mummy more than anything else ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without... | |
 | 1849 - 638 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than anything else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1849 - 1194 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than anything else an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | 1850 - 508 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than anything else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | 1853 - 694 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than anything else, '«en Egyptian mummy j ' and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food... | |
 | 1853 - 352 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than anything else, ' an Egyptian mummy ; ' and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1855 - 1196 pages
...existed in the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than anything else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
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