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...llstone with her? And had not she been put into a dungeon full of venomous reptiles who, when they ap- proached her, had all been changed to harmless ...

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...ed at a glance. So with the curiosities he had brought home from various voyages. Stuffed, dried, repolished, or otherwise preserved, according to the...

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...s aspect, bitter death in the heart of him. Crouch the herds, contract the reptiles, crouch the lions under their paws. White as metal in the furnace ...

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...ome to canary birds, some to swine, some to parrots, and some to loathsome reptiles curled round the half-decayed bodies of sheep. The intermittent so...

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...ned by few tokens even of minute animated existence. There are no venomous reptiles, and no snakes of any description to be found in any of the valley...

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...influence of this ill-omened person over Miriam; it was such as beasts and reptiles of subtle and evil nature sometimes exercise upon their victims. M...

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... the air, when the cattle on your hills, when the fish of the sea, and the reptiles that crawl, shall be unable to distinguish the slave from a brute,...

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...he public way; And where on heaps the rich manure was spread, Obscene with reptiles, took his sordid bed. He knew his lord; he knew, and strove to mee...

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...dst the thick darkness of the place. The walls and ceiling were alive with reptiles—the vault expanded to an enormous size—frightful figures flitted t...

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...r this day, Eau-douce, and shouldn’t relish the idea of parting with those reptiles without causing them to remember 61 James Fenimore Cooper my name...

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...a, the Oglio are ours. The room is locked; we have only to exterminate the reptiles inside it. Romara, D’Arci, Carnischi march to hold the doors. Cort...

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...r against my will; now, I’ll have you against yours. I tell you, my little reptiles, I am born to be served. I demand the service of this contrabandis...

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...eptile House?” Cassandra asked him, not from a genuine desire to visit the reptiles, but in obedience to her new-born feminine susceptibil- ity, which...

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...of the Birds, by Mr. Gould; of the Fish, by the Rev. L. Jenyns; and of the Reptiles, by Mr. Bell. I have appended to the descriptions of each species ... ...nado, in which time a nearly perfect collection of the animals, birds, and reptiles, was procured. Before making any observa- tions respecting them, I... ...ing his knife on the back of one, “Son tan mansos” (they are so quiet). Of reptiles there are many kinds: one snake (a Trigonocephalus, or Cophias*), ... ... face; and thus we ob- tain a scale of hideousness. Amongst the Batrachian reptiles, I found only one little toad (Phryniscus nigricans), which was mo... ...re; and this probably is absorbed by the skin, for it is known, that these reptiles possess great powers of cutaneous absorption. At Maldonado, I foun... ... absence of any species whatever in the whole 263 Charles Darwin class of Reptiles, is a marked feature in the zoology of this country, as well as in... ...a-weed — Terrestrial Lizard, burrowing habits, herbivorous — Importance of Reptiles in the Archipelago — Fish, Shells, Insects — Botany — American Typ... ... walked away; the other gave a deep hiss, and drew in its head. These huge reptiles, sur- rounded by the black lava, the leafless shrubs, and large ca... ...urrows. I shall presently describe in more detail the habits of both these reptiles. The whole of this northern part of Albemarle Island is miserably ...

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...lyopsis, and as is the case with the blind Pro- teus with reference to the reptiles of Europe, I am only surprised that more wrecks of ancient life ha... ...als, flying insects of the most diversified types, and formerly had flying reptiles, it is conceivable that flying-fish, which now glide far through t... ...nsable for this act; but as sutures occur in the skulls of young birds and reptiles, which have only to escape from a broken egg, we may infer that th... ...in an existing crocodile associated with many strange and lost mammals and reptiles in the sub- Himalayan deposits. The Silurian Lingula differs but l... ...on case, especially with respect to very distinct groups, such as fish and reptiles, seems to be, that supposing them to be distinguished at the prese... ...inities directed towards very distinct groups. Yet if we compare the older Reptiles and Batrachians, the older Fish, the older Cephalopods, and the eo... ...apable of full proof. Seeing, for instance, that the oldest known mammals, reptiles, and fish strictly belong to their own proper classes, though some... ...ly character, according to Owen, which absolutely distinguishes fishes and reptiles—the inflection of the angle of the jaws in Marsupials— the manner ... ...n determining the degree of affinity of this strange creature to birds and reptiles, as an approach in structure in any one internal and important org...

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...ch of a tree, set another small child to swing it. It was thus secure from reptiles and was easily administered to, and even lulled to sleep, by a chi...

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... I realize that I feel more curiosity about it than about any of the other reptiles. If it is a reptile, and I suppose it is; for it has frowzy hair a... ...ve is not a product of reasoning and statistics, like one’s love for other reptiles and animals. I think that this must be so. I love certain birds be...

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...ancient seas, the clumsy amphibians struggling breathless to the land, the reptiles, the theriomorpha and the dinosaurs, the bat-winged reptiles of th...

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...ially in the past, struck him now as repulsive and hateful. “They are such reptiles!” he thought. And his wife’s face, too, struck him as repulsive an...

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...maniac clasp, —And fled at the dawn of day. 13. 13. 13. 13. 13. Fat—as the Reptiles of the tomb, That riot in corruption’s spoil, That fret their litt...

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...late area within sight. Several immense scorpions were seen, and vari- ous reptiles not elsewhere to be found in the high latitudes. As food was our m...

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...friend, wait till you arrive there yourself! To believe in the carnivorous reptiles of geo- logic times is hard for our imagination—they seem too much... ...emained unsubmerged, and became the refuge of a number of wild animals and reptiles in addition to the human beings who were there. At a certain momen...

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... strange fascination of these half known half impassable swamps, infested by reptiles, resounding with the bellow of the alligator, the sad noises of ...

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...aried hues, white and red, and others are of a raven black? And of men and reptiles and animals, various likewise are the hues. Such only of his serva...

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...calm and gentle rule and dominion over all kinds of beasts, fowls, fishes, reptiles, and insects. Yet afterwards it happening in the time of the iron ...

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... vent for his rage by snatching up Rosamond’s words again, as if they were reptiles to be throttled and flung off. “Explain! Tell a man to explain how...

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... vent for his rage by snatching up Rosamond’s words again, as if they were reptiles to be throttled and flung off. “Explain! Tell a man to explain how ...

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... the microscope. I heard Mr Dale give orders that one of those long-legged reptiles should be caught on purpose for your inspection.’ Mrs Dale’s littl...

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...r against my will; now, I’ll have you against yours. I tell you, my little reptiles, I am born to be served. I demand the service of this contrabandis...