 | 1844 - 288 páginas
...took one of these creatures," says Professor Forbes, " I succeeded in getting it into the boat entire. Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, *he better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to icmove it for preservation,... | |
 | David Masson - 1850 - 444 páginas
...time,' he says, ' I ever took one of these creatures, I succeeded in getting it into the boat entire. Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious...disappointment I found only an assemblage of rejected members. Next time I went to dredge on the same spot, determined not to be cheated out of a specimen in such... | |
 | 398 páginas
...matter. The first time I ever took one of these creatures I succeeded in getting it into the boat entire. Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation,... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1851 - 446 páginas
...The first time I ever took one of these creatures, I succeeded in getting it into the boat entire. Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation,... | |
 | 1854 - 506 páginas
...The first time I ever took one of these creatures, I succeeded in getting it into the boat entire. Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation,... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1856 - 200 páginas
...fragillissima. Professor Forbes thus describes one of his adventures : " Never having seen a luidia before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers,...a rowing bench, the better to admire its form and colour. On attempting to remove it for preservation, to my horror and disappointment, I found only... | |
 | 1856 - 642 páginas
...diameter, gives the following graphic account of its suicidal propensities, written with much humour: — 'Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation,... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1857 - 398 páginas
...The first time I ever took one of these creatures, I succeeded in getting it into the boat entire. Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 páginas
...FRAGILE SEA-STAR.» " NEVER having seen a Luidia frangilistima" says Professor Forbes, " and, till now, unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out...a rowing bench, the better to admire its form and colour. On attempting to remove it for preservation, to my horror and disappointment, I found only... | |
 | Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 332 páginas
...diameter, gives the following graphic account of its suicidal propensities, written with much humour: 'Never having seen one before, and quite unconscious of its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation,... | |
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I spread it out on a rowing-bench, the better to admire its form and colours. On attempting to remove it for preservation, to my horror and disappointment I found only an assemblage of rejected members. 
