 | 1824 - 666 pages
...except that his stomach betrayed more than an ordinary fullness, he betrayed no sign of molestation or injury, but would have been ready to renew his...the truth of whose account I place perfect reliance. (P. 212-214.) Sear to be ion vivants of no ordinary escription ; we much question, if the giant of... | |
 | John Dundas Cochrane - Russia - 1824 - 436 pages
...twenty-eight pounds, and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring...spot: and, except that his stomach betrayed more than an ordinary fulness, he betrayed no sign of molestation or injury, but would have been ready to renew... | |
 | John Dundas Cochrane - Russia - 1824 - 832 pages
...twentyeight pounds, and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring...: and, except that his stomach betrayed more than an ordinary fullness, he shewed no sign of inconvenience or injury, but would have been ready to renew... | |
 | John Dundas Cochrane - Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) - 1825 - 474 pages
...twenty-eight pounds, and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring...except that his stomach betrayed more than ordinary fullness, he showed no sign of inconvenience or injury, but would have been ready to renew his gluttony... | |
 | John Dundas Cochrane - Russia - 1829 - 376 pages
...twenty pounds of fat, mid a proportionate quantity of melted butter for his drink. The appearance of the man not justifying the assertion, the admiral had...the truth of whose account I place perfect reliance. Tabalak is the residence of a corporal of the Cossacks, who has the charge of the post, and commands... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 672 pages
...twenty pounds of fat, and a proportionate quantity of melted butter for his drink. The appearance of the man not justifying the assertion, the admiral had...the truth of whose account I place perfect reliance. Tabalak is the residence of a corporal of the Cossacks, who has the charge of the post, and commands... | |
 | Jonathan Pereira - Diet - 1843 - 354 pages
...twenty-eight pounds, and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring...fulness, he showed no sign of inconvenience or injury ! !" Captain Cochrane also states (p. 352) that a good calf, weighing about two hundred pounds, " may... | |
 | Pharmacy - 1843 - 812 pages
...eight pounds, and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring...: and, except that his stomach betrayed more than an ordinary fullness, he showed no sign of inconvenience or injury"!! f\Ve quote the following passage... | |
 | 670 pages
...together, 28 Ib. ; and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring from the spot ; and, except his stomach betrayed more than an ordinary fulness, he shewed no sign of inconvenience or injury."... | |
 | Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 742 pages
...twenty-eight pounds, and although the glutton had already breakfasted, yet did he sit down to it with great eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring...except that his stomach betrayed more than ordinary fullness, he showed no sign of inconvenience or injury, but would have been ready to renew his gluttony... | |
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... eagerness, and consumed the whole without stirring from the spot ; and, except that his stomach betrayed more than ordinary fulness, he showed no sign of inconvenience or injury, but would have been ready to renew his gluttony the following day. 
