| Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 str.
...its way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib*," but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings * Isaiah i. 3. distinguishes... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1833 - 424 str.
...1 was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices; for as soon as the old lady comes in sight, who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hubbies towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity, but remains inattentive to strangers." NH Selb.... | |
| Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 str.
...way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib," * but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes the hand that... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1834 - 372 str.
...(may they ever be blest from above !) Dwell a daughter and son, and the children I love. ' As soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its bene' factress with awkward alacrity, but remains inattentive to ' strangers. Thus the most abject... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1834 - 352 str.
...(may they ever be blest from above !) Dwell a daughter and son, and the children I love. ' As soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its bene' factress with awkward alacriiy, but remains inattentive to ' strangers. Thus the most abject... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 str.
...way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices : for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib2," but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes the hand that... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 str.
...way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices : for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib*," but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes the hand that... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1833 - 594 str.
...I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon as the old lady comes in sight, who has waited on it for...awkward alacrity, but remains inattentive to strangers.' Nat. Hist. Selb. 182. . . So the Peterborough Tortoise : ' The Gardener, who generally fed it, told... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1839 - 416 str.
...sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for as soon as the old lady cornea in sisrht, who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it...awkward alacrity, but remains inattentive to strangers." NH Selb. 182. ... So the Peterborough tortoise : " The gardener, who generally fed it, told me that... | |
| Gilbert White - 1842 - 342 str.
...way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices ; for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited...Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his mas. ter's crib,"* but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes the hand... | |
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