| Sir Henry Blount - 1636 - 140 páginas
...Gran Cairo : but the moft ingenwu* was a neft of fourc-legg'd Serpents, of two foot long, blacke,and ugly, kept by a Frenchman, who when he came to handle them, they would not endure him, but ranne, and hid in their hole^ then would hee take his CV>terne^ and... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 páginas
...living creatures I saw in Grand Cairo ; but " the most ingenious was a nest of four-legged .serpents, of two " feet long, black and ugly, kept by a -Frenchman ; who, when " 'he came to handle them, they would not endure him, but ran • « artd hid in their hole ; then would he take his cittern^... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1823 - 410 páginas
...living creatures I •aw in Grand Cairo ; but the most ingenious was a nest of fuur-legged serpents, of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman ; who, when he came to handle them, they would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole ; then would he take his cittern, and play... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 páginas
...rarities of living creatures I saw in Grand Cairo ; but the most ingenious was a nest of serpents of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman, who, when he came to handle 5 Apol. Rhod. Argonaut. 1. iv. c. 177. and others quoted at large by Bochart, Hieroz. 1. iii. c. 6.... | |
| Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 páginas
...instrument. Another traveller of reputation relates having seen, at Grand Cairo, a nest of serpents of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman, who when he came to handle them, would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole : then he would take his cithern, and play upon it; they... | |
| Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 páginas
...rarities of living creatures I saw in Grand Cairo ; but the most ingenious was a nest of serpents, of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman, who, when he came to handle them, would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole. Then he would take his cittern and play upon it. They,... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 páginas
...rarities of living creatures I saw in Grand Cairo ; but the most ingenious was a nest of serpents of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman, who, when he came to handle them, would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole. Then he would take his cittern and play upon it. They,... | |
| George Horne - 1833 - 438 páginas
...living creatures 1 saw in Grand Cairo; but the most ingenious was a nest of four-legged serpents, of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman, who. when he came to handle them, they would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole ; then would he take his cittern, and play... | |
| Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 418 páginas
...living creatures I saw in Grand Cairo ; but the most ingenious was a nest of four-legged serpents, of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman ; who, when he came to handle them, they would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole ; then would he take his cittern, and play... | |
| George Horne - 1845 - 588 páginas
...living creatures I saw in Grand Cairo ; but the most ingenious was a nest of four-legged serpents, of two feet long, black and ugly, kept by a Frenchman ; who, when he came to handle them, they would not endure him, but ran and hid in their hole ; then would he take his cittern, and play... | |
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