 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 страници
...heel, upon which, on plain ground, it treads very fecurely, but not on a defcent; in its courfe it ufes a very odd kind of action, lifting up one wing, which...keeps elevated for a time, till, letting it drop, it lifts up the other; whether as a fail to catch the wind, or as a rudder to turn its courfe, oc to avoid... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 страници
...motion by a kind of tubercle behind, like a heel, upon which, on plain ground, it treads very securely ; in its course it uses a very odd kind of action, lifting...keeps elevated for a time ; till, letting it drop, it VOL. IV. E lifts up the other. What the bird's intention may be in thus keeping only one wing up, is... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 страници
...motion by a kind of tubercle behind, like an heel, upon which on plain ground it treads very securely : in its course it uses a very odd kind of action, lifting...keeps elevated for a time ; till, letting it drop, it lifts up the other. What the bird's intention may be, in thus keeping only one wing up, is not easy... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 страници
...motion by a kind of tubercle behind, like a heel, upon which, on plain ground, it treads very securely : in its course it uses a very odd kind of action, lifting...keeps elevated for a time ; till letting it drop, it lifts up the other : it runs with such swiftness, that the fleetest dogs are sometimes thrown out in... | |
 | 1834 - 700 страници
...motion by a kind of tubercle behind, like a heel, upon which, on plain ground, it treads very securely ; in its course it uses a very odd kind of action, lifting...keeps elevated for a time; till letting it drop, it lifts up the other; it runs with such swiftness, that the fleetest dogs are sometimes thrown out in... | |
 | 1848 - 800 страници
...to the ground. The neck is long, the body round, and the wings short, and entirely unfit for flying. Its legs are three feet long, and it differs from...It moves very swiftly, but in its course it uses a odd kind of action, lifting up one wing, which it keeps elevated for a time, till letting it drop,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 страници
...motion by a kind of tubercle behind, like a heel, npon which, on plain ground, it treads very securely ; in its course it uses a very odd kind of 'action,...keeps elevated for a time ; till letting it drop, it lifts up the other. What the bird's intention may be in thus keeping only one wing up, is not easy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 страници
...inotiun by a kind of tubercle behind, jike a heel, upon which, on pjain ground, it treads very securely : in its course it uses a very odd kind of action, lifting...keeps elevated for a time ; till letting it drop, it lifts up (he other. What the bird's intention may be in thus keeping only one wing up, is not easy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 страници
...motion by a kind of tubercle behind, like a heel, upon which, cm plain ground, it treads very securely ; in its course it uses a very odd kind of action, lifting...keeps elevated for a time; till letting it drop, it lifts up the other. What the bird's intention may be in thus keeping only one wing up, is not easy... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 страници
...six feet high, and is the largest bird of the New Continent. It runs very swiftly, and in its course uses a very odd kind of action, lifting up one wing,...keeps elevated for a time, till, letting it drop, it lifts up the other. So fast does it run that the fleetest dogs are left behind. One of them finding... | |
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... which, on plain ground, it treads very securely ; in its course it uses a very odd kind of 'action, lifting up one wing, which it keeps elevated for a time ; till letting it drop, it lifts up the other. 