 | Asia - 1798 - 542 pages
...mulberries, or even of guaiavas : milk he lapped eagerly, but was contented with plain water. water. In general he was not voracious, but never appeared satiated...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey glowed witli uncommon fire ; and, having drawn himself back to spring... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 524 pages
...eagerly, but was content with plain water. In general he was not voracious, but never appeared satisfied with Grasshoppers ; and passed the whole night, while...Grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire ; and, having drawn? himself back to spring... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - Archaeology - 1807 - 504 pages
...of mulberries, or even of guaiavas ; milk he lapped eagerly, but was contented with plain water. In general, he was not voracious, but never appeared...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire ; and, having drawn himself back to spring... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 524 pages
...never appeared satisfied with grasshoppers ; and passed the whole night while the hot season lusted, in prowling for them. When a grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire ; and having drawn himself back to spring... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...but was content with plain water. In general he was not voracious, but he never appeared satisfied with grasshoppers ; and passed the whole night, while...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire; and having drawn himself back to spring... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 1178 pages
...but was content with plain water. In general he was not voracious, but he never appeared satisfied with grasshoppers; and passed the whole night, while...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire; and, having drawn himself back, to spring... | |
 | Birds - 1834 - 700 pages
...milk he lapped eagerly, but was content with plain water. In general, he was not voracious, but he never appeared satiated with grasshoppers ; and passed...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire; and having drawn himself back, to spring... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 546 pages
...of mulberries, or even of guaiavas: milk he lapped eagerly, but was contented with plain water. In general he was not voracious, but never appeared satiated...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon £re ; and having drawn himself back, to spring... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 538 pages
...of mulberries, or even of guaiavas : milk he lapped eagerly, but was contented with plain water. In general he was not voracious, but never appeared satiated...grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on his prey, glowed with uncommon fire ; and having drawn himself back, to spring... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 1162 pages
...of mulberries, or even of guaiavas: milk he lapped eagerly, but was contented with plain eater. In general he was not voracious, but never appeared satiated with grasshoppers, and passed the whole night, »hile the hot season lasted, in prowling foi them : when a grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within... | |
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In general he was not voracious, but never appeared satiated with grasshoppers ; and passed the whole night, while the hot season lasted, in prowling for them : when a grasshopper, or any insect, alighted within his reach, his eyes, which he fixed on... 
