 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pàgines
...running, the ostrich is by far the swiftest : upon observing himself therefore pursued at a distance, he begins to run at first but gently ; either insensible...keep working with a motion correspondent to that of his legs ; and his speed would very soon snatch him from the view of his pursuers, but, unfortunately... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pàgines
...possess, the faculty of flight. In running however, the ostrich can easily outstrip the fleetest horse : his wings, like two arms, keep working with a motion correspondent to thai of tiis legs ; and his speed would very soon snatch him from the view of his pursuers, but unfortunately... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 pàgines
...running, the Ostrich is by far the swiftest: when observing himself therefore pursued at a distance, he begins to run at first but gently; either insensible...danger, or sure of escaping. In this situation he sometvhat resembles a man at full speed; his wings, like two arms, keep working with a motion correspondent... | |
 | 1821 - 276 pàgines
...when observing himself therefore pursued ata distance, he begins to run at first but gently; <fcitber insensible of his danger, or sure of escaping. In...keep working with a motion correspondent to that of his legs ; and his speed would very soon snatch him from the view of his pursuers, but unfortunately... | |
 | 1822 - 194 pàgines
...running, the Ostrich is by far the swiftest: upon observing himself therefore pursued at a distance, he begins to run, at first, but gently ; either insensible...man at full speed; his wings, like two arms, keep \vorking with a motion correspondent to that of his legs: and his speed would very soon snatch him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 498 pàgines
...running, the ostrich is by far the swiftest; upon observing himself therefore pursued at a distance, he begins to run at first but gently, either insensible...or sure of escaping. In this situation he somewhat resem. bles a man at full speed ; his wings, like two arms, keep working with a motion correspondent... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pàgines
...running, the ostrich is by far the swiftest; upon observing himself therefore pursued at a distance, he begins to run at first but gently ; either insensible...keep working, with a motion correspondent to that of his legs; and his speed would very soon snatch him from the view of his pursuers ; but, unfortunately... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pàgines
...from the plain into the mountains. Upon observing himself, therefore, pursued at a distance, the bird begins to run at first, but gently; either insensible...keep working with a motion correspondent to that of his legs; and his speed would very soon snatch him from the view of his pursuers, but, unfortunately... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pàgines
...from the plain into the mountains. Upon observing himself, therefore, pursued at a distance, the bird begins to run at first, but gently ; either insensible...resembles a man at full speed ; his wings, like two arras, keep working with a motion correspondent to that of his legs ; and his speed would very soon... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1832 - 864 pàgines
...from the plain into the mountains. Upon observing himself, therefore, pursued at a distance, the bird begins to run at first, but gently, either insensible...escaping. In this situation he somewhat resembles n man at full speed ; his wings, like two arms, ktep working with a motion correspondent to that of... | |
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... begins to run at first but gently ; either insensible of his danger, or sure of escaping. In this situation he somewhat resembles a man at full speed; his wings, like two arms, keep working, with a motion correspondent to that of his legs... 
