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" ... enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he continues... "
Travels in South America - Page 177
1822 - 180 pages
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 1

William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he...
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The Recreative Magazine, Volume 1

1822 - 590 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with its wings, which, keeps one cool, he bites a piece of the tip of the great toe, so very small, indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be introduced into the wound; yet, through this orifice, he continues to suck the blood until...
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The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, Volume 4

1826 - 240 pages
...continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he biles a piece out of the tip of dm great toe, so very small, indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 380 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful; yet through this orifice he...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 2

1829 - 446 pages
...where while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is, consequently, not painful ; yet through this orifice...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 1

William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keep the person cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, and which is consequently not painful....
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A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes ..., Volume 2

Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 pages
...while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps the person cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful....
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The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1

1833 - 814 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small, indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet, through this orifice...
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A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions ...

1834 - 700 pages
...while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps the person cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small that the head of » pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful....
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 7-8

1837 - 1040 pages
...where, while the creature continues fanning with its enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small...of a pin could be scarcely received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he continues to suck the blood, until...
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