 | 1857 - 878 sider
...and Dianthus, possess an abundance of peculiar white filaments, visible to the naked eye, which arc protruded from the pores of the body and the mouth,...quite satisfy him that his denial has good ground to stand on. He relates that he once saw a small fish in the convulsions of agony, with one of these filaments... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 sider
...throw out the ropes, which have nooses at the end, and whatever any one catches, whether horse or man, he drags towards himself; and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death. This is their mode of fighting ; and they were marshalled with the Persians. 86. The Medes had the... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 sider
...throw out the ropes, which have nooses at the end, and whatever any one catches* whether horse or man, he drags towards himself; and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death. This is their mode of fighting ; and they were marshalled with the Persians. 86. The Medes had the... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1855 - 444 sider
...throw out ropes, which have nooses at the end ; and whatever any one catches, whether horse or man, he drags towards himself; and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death." — Herodotus, vii. 85. * * 'Devonshire Coast," pi. xxviii. fig. 19. t Bovvwîi/t, vemtcosite, clivosas.... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1856 - 428 sider
...throw out ropes, which have nooses at the end ; and whatever anyone catches, whether horse or man, he drags towards himself; and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death." — Herodotus, vii. 85. APPENDIX. 389 into two groups. The first contains such species as have the... | |
 | 1857 - 804 sider
...are protruded from the pores of the body and the mouth, when the animal is roughly handled. TJiese filaments are seen, on examination, to be chiefly...quite satisfy him that his denial has good ground to stand on. He relates that he once saw a small fish in the convulsions of agony, with one of these filaments... | |
 | 1857 - 820 sider
...the end, and whatever any one catches ho drags towards himself, and they that are. entangled in tho coils are put to death." The name, you perceive, is aptly chosen, that is,-:it would be, if tho hypothesis of tho filaments woro not a figment. The filaments have no such... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 sider
...ropes, which have nooses at the end, and whatever any one catches, whether horse or man, he drags toward himself, and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death. This is their mode of fighting; and they were marshaled with the Persians. 86. The Medes had the same... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 sider
...throw out the ropes, which have nooses at the end, and whatever any one catches, whether horse or man, he drags towards himself; and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death. This is their mode of fighting ; and they were marshalled with the Persians. 86. The Medcs had the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1885 - 272 sider
...ropes, which have nooses at the end, and whatever any one catches, whether horse or man, he drags toward himself ; and they that are entangled in the coils are put to death. The Arabians had the same dress as their infantry, hut all rode camels not inferior to horses in speed.... | |
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... brass or iron, except daggers : they use ropes made of twisted thongs ; trusting to these they go to war. The mode of fighting of these men is as follows : when they engage with the enemy they throw out the ropes, which have nooses at the end, and... 
