 Hodmadods have: and setting aside their human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small, long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half closed, to...  The Country Gentleman's Magazine - עמוד 523מאת Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Charles Henry Eden - 1877 - 332 דפים
...name. shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight bodied, and thin, with small long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eye-lids are always half-closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes : they being so troublesome here, that no fanning... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 דפים
...world, in comparison with whom the Hottentots might rank as gentlemen. ' Their eyelids,' he adds, ' are always half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, so that they never open their eyes like other people ; and therefore they cannot see far, unless they... | |
 | Albert Frederick Calvert - 1893 - 166 דפים
...brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small long limbs. They have great heads, great round foreheads and great brows. Their eyelids are...half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, they being so troublesome that no fanning will keep them from coming to one's faces ; and without the... | |
 | Jonathan Ceredig Davies - 1902 - 132 דפים
...human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straightbodied and thin, with small long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads,...half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, they being so troublesome here that no fanning will keep them from coming to one's face, and without... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1913 - 430 דפים
...human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half-closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, they being so troublesome here that no fanning will... | |
 | Andrew John Herbertson - 1914 - 640 דפים
...differ but little from the beasts. They are tall, strait bodied, and thin. They have great heads and foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half closed to keep the flies out of their eyes. They have great bottle noses, pretty full lips, and wide mouths. They are long visaged, and of a very... | |
 | Henry Buswell Wetherill - 1914 - 330 דפים
...They are tall, straight-bodied and thin. They have great bottle noses, full lips and wide mouths, and their eye-lids are always half- closed to keep the flies out of their eyes. They have no houses, but live in the open without any covering. Their only food is small sorts of fish,... | |
 | Robert P. Thomson - 1917 - 468 דפים
...human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straightbodied and thin with small, long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads,...always half closed to keep the flies out of their eyes, they being so troublesome here that no fanning will keep them from coming to one's face and without... | |
 | 1919 - 236 דפים
...human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straightbodied and thin, with small long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads...always half closed to keep the flies out of their eyes, being so troublesome here, that no fanning will keep them from coming to one's face, and without the... | |
 | George Forbes - 1920 - 324 דפים
...any kind, and, setting aside their human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They have large heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids...half -closed to keep the flies out of their eyes, these insects being so troublesome that no fanning will keep them away ; so from their infancy being... | |
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