 | 1849 - 792 lehte
...narration is as follows : — " The dodo, a bird the Dutch call walckvdgel or dod-eerseu : her body u round and fat, which occasions the slow pace, or that...vanquish ; but otherwise, through its oyliness, it caunot chuse but quickly cloy and nauseate the stomach, being indeed more pleasurable to look than... | |
 | 1849 - 488 lehte
...recent ; " The Dodo : a bird the Dutch call Walghvogel or Dod Eersen ; her body is round and flat, which occasions the slow pace, or that her corpulencie ; and so great that few of them weigh less than fifty pounds ; meat it is with some, but better to the eye than stomach... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - 208 lehte
...else that, her corpulency ; and so great as few of them weigh less than fifty pounds. Meat it is to some, but better to the eye than stomach ; such as...vanquish ; but otherwise, through its oyliness, it cannot choose but quickly cloy and nauseate the stomach, being indeed more pleasurable to look than feed upon.... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1843 - 218 lehte
...else that, her corpulency ; and so great as few of them weigh less than fifty pounds. Meat it is to some, but better to the eye than stomach ; such as...appetite can vanquish : but otherwise through its oylyness, it cannot choose but quickly cloy and nauseate the stomach, being indeed more pleasurable... | |
 | 1849 - 822 lehte
...friend. His narration is as follows : — " The dodo, a bird the Dutch call walckvöjrel or dod-eersen ; her body is round and fat, which occasions the slow...is with some, but better to the eye than stomach, surh as only a strong appetite can vanquish; but otherwise, through its oyliness, it cannot chuse but... | |
 | 1849 - 1118 lehte
...recent ; " The Dodo : a bird the Dutch call Walghvogel or Dod Eersen ; her body is round and flat, which occasions the slow pace, or that her corpulencie ; and so great that few of them weigh less than fifty pounds ; meat it is with some, but better to the eye than stomach;... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 lehte
...retaining the matter, an extract is taken. " The DODO, a bird the Dutch call Walghvogel, or jJod Eerseri ; her body is round and fat, which occasions the slow...stomach, such as only a strong appetite can vanquish. .. It is of a melancholy visage, as sensible ot nature's injury in framing so massie a body to be directed... | |
 | John Frost - 1856 - 406 lehte
...1627, we take the following account. " The Dodo, a bird the Dutch call Walghvogcl, or Dod Eersen ; her body is round and fat, which occasions the slow...few of them weigh less than fifty pound : meat it is witli some, but better to the eye than stomach, such as only a strong appetite can vanquish. It is... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 lehte
...speaks as follows of this bird : — " The Dodo, a bird the Dutch call "Walghvogel, or Dod Eersen ; her body is round and fat, which occasions the slow...stomach, such as only a strong appetite can vanquish. ... It is of a melancholy visage, as sensible of nature's injury in framing so massie a body to be... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 lehte
...speaks as follows of this bird : — " The Dodo, a bird the Dutch call "Walghvogel, or Dod Eersen ; her body is round and fat, which occasions the slow...stomach, such as only a strong appetite can vanquish. ... It is of a melancholy visage, as sensible of nature's injury in framing so massie a body to be... | |
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I will name but some, and first, the Dodo ; a Bird the Dutch call Walghvogel or Dod Ersen : her body is round and fat which occasions the slow pace or that her corpulencie ; and so great as few of them weigh less than fifty pound : meat it is with some,... 
