 ... much too cunning for that, he does not know who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his mortal enemy, for aught he knows. You move your arm, he thinks it is the heron's bill coming; down he goes again, and you see him not ; a few seconds, he regains...  The St. James's medley; or, Fiction, facts, and fancies, from the roadside ... - Página 1601856Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1859 - 434 páginas
...who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his morta; enemy, for aught he knows. You move your armt he thinks it is the heron's bill coming ; down he...understand it ; luckily perhaps, as from the swelling iif their throats it is evident that the colony is outraged* by the intrusion, and the remarks passing... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 páginas
...know who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his mortal enemy, for aught he knows ... You move your arm, he thinks it is the heron's bill coming; down...conversational " wurk, wurk, wurk " begins ; you don't imderstand it ; luckily, perhaps, as from the swelling in their throats it is evident that the colony... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1865 - 398 páginas
...know who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his mortal enemy, for aught he knows. You move your arm, he thinks it is the heron's bill coming; down...to the intruder. These frogs are all respectable, grown-up, well-todo frogs, and they have in this pond duly deposited their spawn, and then, hard-hearted... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 páginas
...know who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his mortal enemy, for aught he knows. You move your arm, he thinks it is the heron's bill coming ; down...the intruder. . . These frogs are all respectable, grown-up, well-todo frogs, and they have in this pond duly deposited their spawn, and then, hard-hearted... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1883 - 400 páginas
...know who or what you are ; you may be a heron, his mortal enemy, for aught he knows. You move your arm, he thinks it is the heron's bill coming ; down...to the intruder. These frogs are all respectable, grown-up, well-todo frogs, and they have in this pond duly deposited their spawn, and then, hard-hearted... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 544 páginas
...reappears, having probably communicated the intelligence to the other frogs ; for many big heads and big eyes appear in all parts of the pond, looking...remarks passing are not complimentary to the intruder. The frogs are all respectable, grown-up, well-to-do frogs, and they have in this pond duly deposited... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 440 páginas
...reappears, having probably communicated the intelligence to the other frogs ; for many big heads and big eyes appear in all parts of the pond, looking...hippopotami on a small scale. Soon a conversational " Wurk, ivurk, wurk" begins. You don't understand it — luckily, perhaps — as from the swelling in their... | |
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