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" Muskles are -. the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the... "
A Familiar History of Birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts - Page 183
by Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - 1835
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Cassell's popular natural history, Volumes 3-4; Volume 43

Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 pages
...pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely wove as it were together ; one end whereof is fastened...the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird ; when it is perfectly formed, the...
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The Illustrated Natural History: Birds. 1864

John George Wood - 1831 - 802 pages
...as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened into the inside of the shel, even as the fish of oisters and muskles are ; the...end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shel...
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Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal ..., Volume 1

Friedrich Max Müller - 1864 - 622 pages
...thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it were togither, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Huskies are ; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth...
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Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 584 pages
...contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together of i whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the...end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird ; when it is perfectly formed the shell...
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The English Cyclopaedia, Part 2, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 582 pages
...contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the...end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird ; when it is perfectly formed the shell...
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Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History

1867 - 520 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together ; one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters...unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time comelh to the shape and form of a bird: when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the...
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Sea-side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

William Houghton - 1870 - 220 pages
...contained a thing in form like a piece of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the...unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the...
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Beeton's Book of Poultry and Domestic Animals: Showing how to Rear and ...

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 564 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together ; one end whereof is fastened into the inside of the shell even as the fish of oisters and muskles are ; the other end is made fast into the belly of a rude mass or Inmp which in time oometh to the shape and form of a bird : when it...
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Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal ..., Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 738 pages
...thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it were togither, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell,...as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are ; the other ende is made fast unto the Fig. 29. COnKD FROM OBRAKDB'S " HEKBALL." belly of a rude masse or lumpe,...
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 792 pages
...thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven, as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Huskies are ; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commetb...
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