... shaped his course towards the nearest tree. But if I put him upon a smooth and well-trodden part of the road, he appeared to be in trouble and distress : his favourite abode was the back of a chair; and after getting all his legs in a line upon the... The London Magazine - 第 345 頁1826完整檢視 - 關於此書
| James Johonnot - 1882 - 452 頁
...trouble and distress ; his favorite abode was the back of a chair ; and, after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...cry, would seem to invite me to take notice of him." 16. The sloth, in its wild state, spends its life in trees, and never leaves them but from force or... | |
| James Johonnot - 1882 - 446 頁
...trouble and distress ; his favorite abode was the back of a chair ; and, after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...cry, would seem to invite me to take notice of him." 16. The sloth, in its wild state, spends its life in trees, and never leaves them but from force or... | |
| John George Wood - 1882 - 76 頁
...form. Yet no animal is more fitted for its position than the Sloth. " The Sloth," says Waterton, " in its wild state, spends its whole life in the trees, and never leaves them but through foree or accident, and what is more extraordinary, not upon the branches, like the squirrel and monkey,... | |
| 1883 - 456 頁
...trouble and distress. His favorite abode was the back of a chair ; and, after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...cry, would seem to invite me to take notice of him. 5. The sloth, in its wild state, spends its whole life in trees, and never leaves them but through... | |
| Alexander Falconer Murison - 1884 - 254 頁
...trouble and distress : his favourite abode was the back of a chair : and after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...sloth, in its wild state, spends its whole life in trees, and never leaves them but through force or by accident. An all-ruling Providence has ordered... | |
| 1885 - 456 頁
...in trouble and distress. His favorite abode was the back of a chair; and, after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...cry, would seem to invite me to take notice of him. 5. The sloth, in its wild state, spends its whole life in trees, and never leaves them but through... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 432 頁
...trouble and distress ; iiis fiivourite abode was the back of a chair ; and after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...notice of him. The Sloth, in its wild state, spends its "hole life in trees, and never leaves them hnt through force, or by accident. An all-raling Providence... | |
| William Peacock - 1924 - 648 頁
...trouble and distress : his favourite abode was the back of a chair : and after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...sloth, in its wild state, spends its whole life in trees, and never leaves them but through force, or by accident. An all-ruling Providence has ordered... | |
| Brian W. Edginton - 1996 - 290 頁
...about Anglican preferment. His favourite abode was the back of a chair; and after getting all his legs in a line upon the topmost part of it, he would hang...inward cry, would seem to invite me to take notice of him.18 The invitation, naturally, was accepted. He also took particular notice of ant-eaters and armadillos,... | |
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