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" These protuberances opposed some little difficulty, not so much from their extent, as from their points ; however, they also, in a very short time, disappeared ; that is to say, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on... "
The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature ... - Page 446
by Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 660 pages
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The Methodist Magazine: For the Year ... ; Being a Continuation ..., Volume 41

John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 934 pages
...disappeared, that is to say, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...action of the snake's muscles when stretched to such nn unnatural extent, an extent which must have utterly destroyed all muscular power in any animal that...
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Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its ..., Volume 4

Asia - 1817 - 696 pages
...disappeared ; tl.at is to ¿ay, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced yery distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...such an unnatural extent — an extent which must hare utterly destroyed all muscular power in any animal that was not, like itself, endowed with very...
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Narrative of a Voyage in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea ...

John M'Leod - China - 1817 - 316 pages
...every moment to protrude through .rihe> skin*. The victim had now descended ar faff as the shoiklders ; and it was an astonishing sight to observe the extraordinary...snake's muscles when stretched to such an unnatural extent—an extent wHiotl must 'have utterly destroyed all mtisciilar power in any s 2 animal that...
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The Edinburgh Observer: Or, Town and Country Magazine, Issues 1-11

1817 - 292 pages
...disappeared : that is to say, externally,but their progress was still to 'be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...through the skin. The victim had now descended as far ai the shoulders, and it was an astonishing tight to ohserve the extraordinary fiction of the snake's...
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Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste: Along the Coast of Corea, to the ...

John M'Leod - China - 1818 - 358 pages
...disappeared ; that is to say, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...all muscular power in any animal that was not, like himself, endowed with very peculiar faculties of expansion and action at the same time. When his head...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 11

English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...disappeared, that is to say, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...shoulders ; and it was an astonishing sight to observe the action of the snake's muscles when stretched to such an unnatural extent, — an extent which must...
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Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste: To China, Corea, and the Island of ...

John M'Leod - Alceste (Ship) - 1819 - 370 pages
...disappeared ; that is to say, externally; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...snake's muscles when stretched to such an unnatural extent—an extent which must have utterly destroyed all muscular power in any animal that was not,...
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Weaver's Magazine and Literary Companion, Volume 2

1819 - 304 pages
...disappeared ; that is to say, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...victim had now descended as far as the shoulders ; and as it was an astonishing sight to observe the extraordinary action of the snake's muscles when stretched...
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Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, to China, Corea, and the Island of ...

John M'Leod - Alceste (Ship) - 1820 - 370 pages
...disappeared ; that is to say, externally ; but their progress was still to be traced very distinctly on the outside, threatening every moment to protrude...all muscular power in any animal that was not, like himself, endowed with very peculiar faculties of expansion and action at the same time. When his head...
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Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, to China, Corea, and the Island of ...

John M'Leod - China - 1820 - 370 pages
...observe the extraordinary action of the snake's muscles when stretched to such an unnatural extent—an extent which must have utterly destroyed all muscular power in any animal that was not,.like himself, endowed with very peculiar faculties of expansion and action at the same time. When...
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