 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1914
...note. CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS. VOL. XLI.— 47. are worked by comparatively large masses of muscles. The forehead is low and the nose is sharp; the eyes are small, penetrating, and cunning, and glitter with an angry green light. There is something peculiar, moreover, in the way... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - 348 sivua
...once more, which one of the larger animals will defend itself or its young at such enormous odds ? A glance at the physiognomy of the Weasels would suffice...covering all the side of the skull. The forehead is low, aud the nose is sharp ; the eyes are small, penetrating, cunning, and glitter with an angry green light.... | |
 | Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota - 1892 - 299 sivua
...from Coues a passage showing how his aspect affects a more dispassionate and unbiassed observer: " A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would suffice...their character. The teeth are almost of the highest raptorial character ; the jaws are worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the sides of the... | |
 | Clarence Luther Herrick - 1892 - 299 sivua
...from Coues a passage showing how his aspect affects a more dispassionate and unbiassed observer: " A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would suffice...their character. The teeth are almost of the highest raptorial character ; the jaws are worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the sides of the... | |
 | Leonard Pearson, Benjamin Harry Warren - 1897 - 866 sivua
...term occurs in sev eral other languages. THE IMAGE OF A SERPENT. The same writer (Coues) also says: "A glance at the physiognomy of the Weasels would...worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the sides of the skull; the forehead is low and the nose is sharp; thr eyes are small, penetrating, cunning... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture - 1897
...term occurs in sev eral other languages. THE IMAGE OF A SERPENT. The same writer (Coues) also says: "A glance at the physiognomy of the Weasels would...worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the sides of the skull; the forehead is low and the nose Is sharp; the eyes are small, penetrating, cunning... | |
 | Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews - 1898 - 284 sivua
...possibly require for his support. I know not where to find a parallel among the larger carnivora. ... A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would suffice...The teeth are almost of the highest known raptorial " [preying] " character ; the jaws are worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the side of... | |
 | 1903
...'ermelin/ and the same term occurs in several other languages.' The same writer (Coues) also says: 'A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would...the eyes are small, penetrating, cunning and glitter like an angry green light. There is something peculiar moreover, in the way that this fierce face surmounts... | |
 | Samuel Nicholson Rhoads - 1903 - 266 sivua
...Coues has in his masterly style given us a vivid picture of the living appearance of this animal : " A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would suffice...worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the sides of the skull ; the forehead is low and the nose is sharp ; the eyes are small, penetrating, cunning,... | |
 | William James McKnight - 1905 - 748 sivua
...neighbors. WEASEL Both sexes have the power to emit a fluid nearly as offensive as that of the polecat. '' A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would suffice...worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the sides of the skull ; the forehead is low and the nose is sharp ; the eyes are small, penetrating, cunning,... | |
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A glance at the physiognomy of the weasels would suffice to betray their character. The teeth are almost of the highest known raptorial character; the jaws are worked by enormous masses of muscles covering all the side of the skull. 
