| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 lehte
...less than a thousand feet The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or...figure which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible opening, and is perfectly regular... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 lehte
...upwards of 5 feet in height by 30 feet base at the centre of the body, but diminishing somewhat towards the head and tail. The neck of the serpent is stretched...figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible opening, 4 feet in height, and... | |
| 1850 - 270 lehte
...towards the head and tail. Theneck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved; and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or...figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible opening, 4 feet in height, and... | |
| 1851 - 518 lehte
...upwards of one thousand feet. The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or...figure which rests partially within the distended jaws. In Iowa is found a similar earthwork 1,004 feet in length, representing a serpent extended ; and in... | |
| Ephraim George Squier - 1851 - 278 lehte
...towards the head and tail. The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or...figure which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth, without any perceptible opening, four feet in height,... | |
| Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 lehte
...toward the head and tail. The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved ; and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or...figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible opening, four feet in height,... | |
| 1863 - 656 lehte
...toward the head and tail. The neck of " the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved, and its mouth is •' opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing..." which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed " by an embankment of earth, without any perceptible opening, four " feet in height,... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1858 - 800 lehte
...toward tho head and tail. Tho neck of the figure is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partly within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment 4 feet in height, and is perfectly... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1863 - 470 lehte
...toward the head and tail. The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or...figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth, without any perceptible opening, four feet in height,... | |
| Edward Isidore Sears - 1872
...thousand feet The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened widely as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within its distended jaws. This oval emblem of earth is four feet high, its diameters being one hundred and... | |
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