 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, ' wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised...rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found 4 - * •i- • • •• • certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in... | |
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, tome whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, east up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth onto certaine... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...broken pieces of old and bruifed fhips, fome whereof have been call thither by fliipwracke, ar.d alfo the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, call up there Hkewife : whereon is found a certain fpume or troth that in time breedeth into eer«... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...bodies, with the branches of old rotten, trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found, a certain froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of a tnugcle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour. One end whereof is fastened unto the inside... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised...found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also the trunks and branches of rotten trees, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also the trunks and branches of rotten trees, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing, in form like a lace of silk... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised...found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
 | George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...the following singular passage from old Gerald, the herbalist. " What our eyes have seen," says he, " and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There...with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up those likewise : whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells,... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old...found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
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There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by... 
