 The toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose were gentlemen in- Bond Street created? To what purpose were certain foolish prating Members of Parliament created? - pestering the House of Commons with their ignorance and folly, and impeding the...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 232edited by - 1878Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 534 pages
...observes, ' has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy-dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature...like a puppy-dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees ? The toucans, to Lo sure, might retort: — To what purpose were certain gentlemen in Bond-street... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...The toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy dog, and lays his eggs hi hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature...Cayenne, with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a puppy dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees ? The toucaus, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...The toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy dog, and lays his eggs in hollow tree». How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature ! To what purpose, we say, is a bird placed in th-: woods of Cayenne, with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a puppy dog, and laying eggs in... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 412 pages
...toucan has an • enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature ! To what purpose, we say, is a bird planed in the woods of Cayenne, with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a puppy dog, and laying... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...Toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees, llow astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature !...Cayenne with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a puppy dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees ? The Toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 520 pages
...The toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature...Cayenne, with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a puppy dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees? The toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose... | |
 | 1852 - 498 pages
...The toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature!...Cayenne, with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a puppy dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees » The toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 482 pages
...The toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy-dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature...like a puppy-dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees? The toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose were gentlemen in Bond street created ? To what... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 pages
...yard long, making a noise like a puppy-dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees? The toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose were gentlemen in Bond street created ? To what purpose were certain foolish, prating members of Parliament created — pestering the House of Commons with their ignorance... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1865 - 478 pages
...The toucan has an enormous bill, makes a noise like a puppy-dog, and lays his eggs in hollow trees. How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature...like a puppy-dog, and laying eggs in hollow trees? The toucans, to be sure, might retort, to what purpose were gentlemen in Bond street created ? To what... | |
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