 | George Bennett - 1834 - 470 psl.
...ship, which is considered as high as twenty feet and upwards.* But it must not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after...themselves from the height at which they first sprang, for I regard the elevation they take to depend on the power of the first spring or leap they make on... | |
 | 1835 - 616 psl.
...that they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after having left their native element : on watching them I have often seen them fall much...one instance could I observe them raise themselves above that height : I therefore regard the elevation they take to depend on the power of the first... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1836 - 454 psl.
...ship, which is considered as high as twenty feet and upwards." " But it must not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after...themselves from the height at which they first sprang ; for I regard the elevation they take to depend on the power of the first spring or leap they make... | |
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 142 psl.
...line-of-battle ship, ie as high as twenty feet and upwards. But it must not be supposed that they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after having left their native element: on watching them, I have often seen them fall much below the elevation at which they first rose from... | |
 | 1838 - 516 psl.
...20 feel and upwards.' ' But it must n.-! be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves ir. the air after having left their native element ; for, on watching them, 1 have often seen them fall much below the elevation at which they first rose from the water, bnt never... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1841 - 524 psl.
...ship, which is considered as high as twenty feet and upwards." " But it must not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after having left their native element; for, on watehing them, I have often seen them fall much below the elevation at which they first rose from the... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 psl.
...shin, which is considered ai high as twenty reet and upwards. But it tu ii not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air after having left their native clement; for, on watching them, I have often seen them fall much below the elevation at which they... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 psl.
...ship, which is considered as high as twenty feet and upwards. But it must not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air after...but never, in any one instance, could I observe them rise from the height at f- Exocetus. THE FLYING 1'ISH. 117 which they first sprang; for I regard... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor - 1868 - 302 psl.
...ship, which is considered as high as twenty feet and upwards. But it must not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after...one instance could I observe them raise themselves fiom the height at which they first sprang, for I regard the elevation they take to depend on the power... | |
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But it must not be supposed they have the power of elevating themselves in the air, after having left their native element ; for, on watching them,' I have often seen them fall much below the elevation at which they first rose from the water, but never... 
