 ... to pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform mass, the Serpent untwined its folds to swallow its prey at leisure- To prepare for this, and in order to make the body slip down the throat more readily,...  Scenes and sports in foreign lands - Page 216by Edward Hungerford D. Elers Napier - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...leifure. To prepare for this, and in order to make the body flip down the throat more glibly, it was feen to lick the whole body over, and thus cover it with its mucus. It then began to fwallow it at that end that offered leaft refiftance ; while its length of body was dilated to receive... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1793 - 418 pages
...leifure. To prepare forthi?, and in order to make the oody flip down the throat more glibly, it was feen to lick the whole body over, and thus cover it with its mucus. It then began to fwallow • it at that end that offered leaft refiftance; while its length of body was dilated to receive... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...To prepare for tin's, and in order to make the body flip down t're throat more glibly, it was feen to lick the whole body over, and thus cover it with its mucuF. It then began to fwa!-- tow it at that end that offered leaft refiftanccj while its length of... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...entwined it so closely, that at length all its bones were crushed to pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform mass : the serpent then untwined its folds to swallow its prey at leisure. To prepare for this, and also to make it slip... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...closely to get free; till at length, all its bones being mashed to pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform...it was seen to lick the whole body over, and thus covei' it with its mucus. It then began to swallow it at that >OL. vz end Uiat offered least resistance... | |
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...twined it so closely, that at length all its bones were crushed tu pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform mass. The serpent than untwined its folds, to swallow its prey at leisure. To prepare for this, and also to make it slip... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...closely to get free; till at length, all ks bones being mashed to pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform...prey at leisure. To prepare for this, and in order fo make the body slip down the throat more glibly, it was seen to lick the whole body over, and thus... | |
 | 1824 - 188 pages
...prey at leisure : To prepare for this, and also to make it slip down the throat, the more smoothly, it was seen to lick the whole body over, and thus cover it with a mucilaginous substance. It then began to swallow it at, the end that afforded the least resistance... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...closely to get free ; till at length, all its bones being mashed to pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform...in order to make the body slip down the throat more readily, it was seen to lick the whole body over, and thus cover it with its mucus. It then began to... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...fast to get free; till at length its bones, being smashed to pieces, like those of a malefactor on the wheel, and the whole body reduced to one uniform...To prepare for this, and in order to make the body sup down the throat more freely, it licked the whole body over, and thus covered it with saliva. It... | |
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