| Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...afTtires us that he was himfelf a fpectator. The ferpent had for fome time been waiting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the firft that offered. Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it inftamly began to wrap it round '... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1793 - 418 pages
...was himielf a fpectator. The ferpent had, vot. v. H for for fome time, been waiting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the firft that offered. Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it inftantly began to wrap it round with... | |
| William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...first animal that appeared. Having darted upon the affrighted beast, it instantly began to wrap him round with its voluminous twistings ; and at every...as the report of a cannon. It was in vain that the animal struggled and bellowed; its enormous enemy entwined it so closely, that at length all its bones... | |
| William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...assures us that he was himself a spectator. The serpent had, for some time, been watting near the brink of a pool, in expectation of its prey ; when a buffalo was the first animal that appeared. tfaving darted upon the affrighted beast, it instantly began to wrap him round... | |
| 1823 - 886 pages
...darted on the affrighted lira-!, it instantly» began to wrap hiiu round in its voluminous twisting«, and, at every twist, the bones of the buffalo were heard to crack almost as loud as the report of a gun. It was in vain that the quadruped struggled and bellowed ; its enormous enemy twined it so closely,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...a buffalo was the first that offered. Caving darted upon the affrighted animal, it instantly iegan to wrap it round with its voluminous twistings, and at every twist the bones, of the buffalo were ieard to crack almost as loud as the report of a cmnon. It was in vain that the poor animal struggle!... | |
| 1824 - 188 pages
...began to \viap him round with its voluminous twisting ; arid at every twi*t, the bones of the buflalo were heard to crack almost as loud as the report of a pun. It was in vain that the animal struggled Nftd bciiowed ; its enormous enemy entwined it THE GREAT... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - 1824 - 528 pages
...serpent had mastered the buffalo, and twisted itself round his body, the bones of the dying animal were heard to crack almost as loud as the report of a gun. After all the buffalo's bones were smashed, the boa licked the whole body over, and thus covered... | |
| Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 pages
...Having darted upon the affrighted beast (says the narrator), the Serpent instantly began to wrap him round with its voluminous twistings ; and at every...twist the bones of the buffalo were heard to crack as loud as the report of a gun. It was in vain that the animal struggled and bellowed ; its enormous... | |
| 1825 - 366 pages
...serpent darted upon the affrighted heast, and instantly began to wrap round him his twisting folds ; and at every twist the bones of the buffalo were heard to crack like the report of ag;un ; and at lengtf 103 the bones were crushed to pieces. When these creatures... | |
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