 | 1829 - 434 pagina’s
...so that from their infancy, being thus annoyed with these insects, they do never open their eyes as other people ; and therefore they cannot see far,...they hold up their heads, as if they were looking at something over them. ' " They have great bottle noses, pretty full lips and wide mouths. The two fore... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pagina’s
...being thus annoyed with those insects, they never open their eyes like other people, and consequently cannot see far, unless they hold up their heads as if they were looking at something over them. They have great bottle noses, pretty full, and wide mouths ; are long visaged,... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pagina’s
...them from one's face), so that, from their infancy, they never open their eyes as other people do, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold up their heads as if they were looking at something over them. They have great bottlenoses, full lips, wide mouths ; the two fore-teeth of the... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1833 - 502 pagina’s
...keep them from one's face,) so that, from their infancy, they never open their eyes as some people do, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold up their heads, as if they were looking at something over them. They have great bottle-noses, full lips, wide mouths ; the two fore-teeth of the... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1834 - 446 pagina’s
...keep them from one's face,) so that, from their infancy, they never open their eyes as some people do, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold up their heads, as if they were looking at something over them. They have great bottle-noses, full lips, wide mouths ; the two fore-teeth of the... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1834 - 448 pagina’s
...infancy, they never open their eyes as some people do, and therefore they 166 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. cannot see far unless they hold up their heads, as if they were looking at something over them. They have great bottle-noses, full lips, wide mouths ; the two fore-teeth of the... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1835 - 454 pagina’s
...keep them from one's face,) so that, from their infancy, they never open their eyes as some people do, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold up their heads, as if they were looking at something over them. They .have great bottle-noses, full lips, wide mouths ; the two fore-teeth of... | |
 | John Lort Stokes - 1846 - 580 pagina’s
...that from their infancy, being thus annoyed with these insects, they do never open their eyes as do other people, and therefore they cannot see far unless...heads, as if they were looking at somewhat over them." We found constant occasion, when on shore, to complain of this fly nuisance ; and when combined with... | |
 | James Cowles Prichard - 1847 - 602 pagina’s
...So that from their infancy, being thus annoyed with these insects, they do never open their eyes as other people, and therefore they cannot see far, unless...they hold up their heads as if they were looking at something above them. " They have great bottle noses, pretty full lips, and wide mouths. The two fore... | |
 | William Howitt - 1855 - 440 pagina’s
...So that from their infancy, being thus annoyed with these insects, they do never open their eyes as other people, and therefore they cannot see far, unless...heads as if they were looking at somewhat over them." On Futter's Ranges we encountered too, for the first time, the Australian nuisance of grass-seeds.... | |
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... nostrils, and mouth too, if the lips are not shut very close. So that from their infancy, being thus annoyed with these insects, they do never open their eyes as other people, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold up their heads, as if... 
