 | 1844 - 640 sider
...it hath no joynts ; and this absurdity is seconded with another, that being unable to lie clown, it sleepeth against a tree ; which the hunters observing,...the beast relying, by the fall of the tree, falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more." It would be a waste of space at this time of day, to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 sider
...elephant, ' being unable to lie down, slept leaning against a tree, which the hunters observing, do saw it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree, falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more.' Thus in The DiaPatr. Achilles bids me say— he is... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 422 sider
...according to Sir T. Brown, that " it sleepeth against a tree ; which the hunters observing do saw it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more." When an elephant is first taken by the hunters, he... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 592 sider
...the nations of the western world and those of the eastern, in which elephants were used, was that it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more. Which conceit is not the daughter of later times, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 646 sider
...elephant, ' being uraVfr fi lie down, sieM leaning against a tree, which the numere observing, d<» saw it R * also down iuelf and is able to rise no more.' Pair.' Achilles bids ma.say— he is much sorry, If my... | |
 | 1844 - 312 sider
...according to Sir T. Brown, that " it sleepeth against a tree ; which the hunters observing, do saw it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more." When an elephant is first taken by the hunters, he... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1847 - 434 sider
...it hath no joynts ; and this absurdity is seconded with another, that being unable to lie down, it sleepeth against a tree : which the hunters observing,...the beast relying, by the fall of the tree, falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more." It would be a waste of space at this time of day, to... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 568 sider
...elephant's posture in sleep and the consequent mode of capturing him, is also derived from Ctesias. it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more. always to compare what our author has attributed to... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 588 sider
...elephant's posture in sleep and the consequent mode of capturing him, is also derived from Ctesias. it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more. always to compare what our author has attributed to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1854 - 538 sider
...elephant, "being nnable to lie down, slept leaning against a tree, which the hunters observing, do saw it almost asunder ; whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree, falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more." Thus in The Dialogues of Creatures Moralysed : "The... | |
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... it almost asunder, whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more. 
