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" I sunk my bucket to a level with the dredge's mouth, and proceeded in the most gentle manner to introduce Luidia to the purer element. Whether the cold air was too much for him or the sight of the bucket too terrific I know not, but in a moment he proceeded... "
The British Museum, Historical and Descriptive ... - Page 172
by David Masson - 1850 - 432 pages
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 82

1857 - 922 pages
...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." Quitting the starfishes, let me call attention to those pretty cowries and the naked molluscs : —...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 25

1844 - 288 pages
...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm with the terminating eye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like...
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Wonders of the Sea-shore

1847 - 282 pages
...the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve himself, at every mesh of the dredge, his fragments were seen...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." — Forbes1 History of British Star-fishes. " The screaming sea-fowl, widening ring o'er ring Till...
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The Sea-side Book: Being an Introduction to the Natural History of the ...

William Henry Harvey - 1849 - 270 pages
...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision."* The dismembered fragments of the Luidia continue active long after their dispersion. The feet move...
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The Poor Artist: Or, Seven Eye-sights and One Object

Richard H. Horne - 1850 - 264 pages
...or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." With this exquisite specimen of natural history wonders, for which naturalists can only vouch that...
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Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-side

Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 pages
...or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like a wink of derision."...
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The Journal of Education for Upper Canada, Volumes 3-4

1850 - 396 pages
...know not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the drege his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped at the largest, and brough up the extremity of an arm with its terminating eye. the spineous eyelid of which opened and...
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A Text-book of Zoology for Schools

Philip Henry Gosse - 1851 - 446 pages
...the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve himself; at every mesh of the dredge, his fragments were seen...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision."* Our readers may be surprised at the mention of an eye in a Star-fish ; there is, however, at the extremity...
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The Family tutor, Volume 1

398 pages
...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...despair I grasped at the largest, and brought up the exttemity of an arm, with its terminating eye, tie spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something...
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Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural ..., Volume 3

Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1853 - 254 pages
...much for him, or the bucket too terrific, is not known, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair, he grasped at the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm, with its terminating eye, the spinous...
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