 | 1823 - 380 pages
...no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden. No reptiles are found there, and no snake can live...as the ship comes near the shore and the scent of air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the island are good against poison.... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 418 pages
...no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden. No reptiles are found there, and • no snake can...shore, and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the island are good against poison. In short, we have known that... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 412 pages
...no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden. No reptiles are found there, and no snake can live...out of Britain, as soon as the ship comes near the j shore, and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1849 - 196 pages
...no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden. No reptiles are found there, and no snake can live...shore, and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the island are good against poison. In short, we have known that,... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1849 - 566 pages
...found there, and no snake can Jive there ; for, though often carried thither out of Britain, as'soon as the ship comes near the shore, and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the island are good against poison. In short, we have known that... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 pages
...hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden. No reptile is found there, and no snake can live there; for, though often carried 1 Beuda is considered by Ussher and his authorities to have been the son of Chonar II. (p. 320) ; but... | |
 | 1853 - 496 pages
...hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden. No reptile is found there, and no snake can live there; for, though often carried 1 Reuda is considered by Uasher and his authorities to have been the son of Chonar II. (p. 320) ; but... | |
 | Giraldus (Cambrensis.) - 1863 - 550 pages
...speaking of Ireland, writes on tbis subject as follows : — " No reptile is found there ; no serpent can live there ; for, though often carried thither out of Britain, as soon as the ship draws near the land, and the scent of the air from off the shore reaches them, they die. On the contrary,... | |
 | Mary Francis Cusack - 1868 - 642 pages
...of Forth, in Wexford. 1 Bede. — Ecclesiastical History, Bohn's edition, p. 6. 44 IRISH CHRONOLOGY. though often carried thither out of Britain, as soon...shore, and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the island are good against poison. In short, we have known that... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1872 - 716 pages
...In p. 7, " No reptiles See also are found in Ireland, and no snake can live there ; for though ABT' often carried thither out of Britain, as soon as the...shore and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all the things on the island are good against poison. In short we have knm.vn... | |
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No reptiles are found there, and no snake can live there ; for, though often carried thither out of Britain, as soon as the ship comes near the shore, and the scent of the air reaches them, they die. On the contrary, almost all things in the island are... 
