 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 548 pages
...family which foared above all vulgar prejudices. " It would give me the greateft pleafure to be able to inform you " of any particulars worthy Mr. Pennant's notice, concerning the " toad who lived fo many years with us, and was fo great a favo** rite. The greateft curiofity in it was its becoming... | |
 | William Smellie - 1790 - 576 pages
...pag. 181. in the year 1768: ' It would give me the greateft pleafure,' fays Mr Arfcott, ' to be able to inform you of any particulars worthy Mr * Pennant's notice, concerning the toad who lived fo many years * with us, and was fo great a favourite. — It had frequented fome ' fteps before the... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1796 - 426 pages
...Arfcott and Mr Pittfield to I>r Milles. " It would give me great pleafure (fays Mr Arfcott) to be able to inform you of any particulars worthy Mr Pennant's notice, concerning the toad who lived fo many years with us, and was fo great a favourite. The greateil curiofity in it was its becoming... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...to this animal, which throw great light upon its history. " Coneern" ing the toad," says he, " that lived so many " years with us, and was so great a favourite, the " greatest curiosity was its becoming so remarkably " tame: it had frequented some steps before... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...relating to this animal, which throw great light upon its history. " Concerning the toad," says he, " that lived so many years with us, and was so great a favourite, the greatest curiosity was its becoming so remarkably tame: it had frequented some steps before our... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...relating to this animal, which throw great light upon its history. " Concerning the Toad," says he, " that lived so many years with us, and was so great a favourite, the greatest curiosity was its becoming so remarkably tame : it had frequented some steps before our... | |
 | William Smellie - 1832 - 348 pages
...Pennant in the year 1768. "It would give me the greatest pleasure," says Mr. Arscott, " to be able to inform you of any particulars worthy Mr. Pennant's...who lived so many years with us, and was so great a favorite.—It had frequented some steps before the hall door some years before my acquaintance commenced... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - 308 pages
...as shewing the great longevity of this Reptile. " Concerning the Toad," writes Mr. Arscott, " that lived so many years with us, and was so great a favourite, the greatest curiosity was its becoming so remarkably tame. It had frequented some steps before our... | |
 | William Smellie - 1851 - 376 pages
...says Mr. Arscot*, " to be able to inform you of any particulars worthy Mr. Pennant's notice, concering the toad who lived so many years with us, and was so great a favorite. — It had frequented some steps before the hall door some years before my acquaintance commenced... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...to this animal, which throws great light upon its history. " Concerning the toad," says he, " that lived so many years with us, and was so great a favourite, the greatest curiosity was its becoming so remarkably tame ; it had frequented some steps before our... | |
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... some years before my acquaintance commenced with it, and had been admired by my father for its size, (being the largest I ever met with,) who constantly paid it a visit every evening. I knew... 
