 Dinah, my spaniel, equally embarrassed on the other. She was overlooking half a dozen of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two or three times from her, and her anxiety was excessive, as she tried to find out if they were all present, or if...  Introduction to the Science of Language - Pagina 100door Archibald Henry Sayce - 1880 - 4 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Galton - 1853 - 352 pagina’s
...me, I observed Dinah, my spaniel, equally embarrassed on the other. She was overlooking half a dozen of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two...for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honour on the man. Hence, as the Damaras had the vaguest... | |
 | 1855 - 632 pagina’s
...of me. I niv spaniel, equally embarrassed She was overlooking half a dozen NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 303 of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two...was too large for her brain. Taking the two as they etood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honor on the man." For the New England Farmer.... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1864 - 506 pagina’s
...Dinah my spaniel equally embarrased on the other. She was overlooking half a dozen of her new born puppies which had been removed two or three times...for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, and comparison reflected no great honour on the man." The same gentleman had a very narrow... | |
 | John George Wood - 1868 - 798 pagina’s
...me, I observed Dinah, my spaniel, equally embarrassed on the other. She was overlooking half a dozen of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two...for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honour on the man. " Hence, as the Damaras had the vaguest... | |
 | 1886 - 1162 pagina’s
...me, I observed Dinah, my spaniel, equally embarrassed on the other ; she was overlooking half a dozen of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two...for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honor on the man." But even if Dinah had been clear on this... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1886 - 666 pagina’s
...she tried to find out if they were all present, or if any were still missing. She kept puzzling ami running her eyes over them backwards and forwards,...for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honour on the man." But even if "Dinah" had been clear on... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1871 - 470 pagina’s
...is equally satisfied at the time, but occasionally finds it out, and complains the next day. ' Once while I watched a Dammara floundering hopelessly in...comparison reflected no great honour on the man.' All over the world the fingers are used as counters, and although the numerals of most races are so... | |
 | 1893 - 902 pagina’s
...or if any were still missing. She kept puzzling and running her eyes over them backward and forward, but could not satisfy herself. She evidently had a...for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honor on the man." Of corresponding difficulties in children... | |
 | james r - 1873 - 520 pagina’s
...me, I observed Dinah, my spaniel, equally embarrassed on the other. She was overlooking half a dozen of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two...dog and Dammara, the comparison reflected no great honor on the man." — Gallon, Tropical South Africa, p. 132, cited in Lubbock, Origin of Civilization,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1873 - 512 pagina’s
...could not satisfy herself. She evidently had a vague notion of counting, but the figure was too Inrge for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Dammara, the comparison reflected no great honor on the man." — Galton, Tropical South Africa, p. 132, cited in Lubbock, Origin of Civilization,... | |
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