 | 1824 - 458 sider
...tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on both sides till it resembled wings. He let it dry as hard as possible. — The...of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr. Magliabeehi, Librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Several fine copies of verses were wrote on so... | |
 | William Wadd - 1827 - 322 sider
...tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side till it resembled wings. He let it dry as hard as possible. The learned...of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr. Magliabecchi, librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; several fine copies of verses were wrote on so... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1832 - 392 sider
...altering its head and tail, and touting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each iide till it mimicked wings. He let it dry as hard as possible....pronounced it a dragon ; and one of them sent an accurate The third order of reptiles is named Oplmliun, and includes the serpents. It was well observed by Linnceus,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 sider
...of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended ihe skin on each side till it mimicked wings. He let it...hard as possible. The learned immediately pronounced ii a dragon ; and one of them sent an accurate The third order of reptiles is named Ophidian, and includes... | |
 | Richard Richardson - 1835 - 556 sider
...transformed a dead rat into the feigned figure of a dragon, which imposed upon the learned so far, that — several fine copies of verses were wrote on so rare a subject. Bobart afterwards owned the cheat ; but it was preserved for some years, as a master-piece of art !!'... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1853 - 690 sider
...of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side, till it mimicked wings. He let...librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; several fine verses were written upon so rare a subject; but at last Mr. Robart owned the cheat. Bevel, xii, 3.... | |
 | 1853 - 748 sider
...of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side till it mimicked wings. He let it...of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr. Maliabechi, Librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany : several fine copies of verses were wrote upon... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1853 - 112 sider
...of Dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side, till it mimicked wings. He let...of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr. Malibechi, Librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany : several fine copies of verses were wrote upon so... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 114 sider
...of Dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side, till it mimicked wings. He let...of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr. Malibcchi, Librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany : several fine copics of verses were wrote upon so... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1874 - 674 sider
...of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side till it mimicked wings. He let it...one of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr.Magliabechi, librarian to the GrandDuke of Tuscany. Several fine copies of verses were wrote upon... | |
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Oxford, did about forty years ago find a dead rat in the physic garden, which he made to resemble the common picture of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side, till it mimicked... 
