 | Edmund Burke - History - 1773 - 590 pages
...inclofure ; the Nyl-ghau, with the quicknds of lightening, darted ¡igainft the wood-work, with fuch violence, that he broke it to pieces ; and broke off one of his horns clofe to the root. From this piece of hiftory and farther inquiry, I was fatisfied that the animal... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - Bookplates - 1792 - 506 pages
...the inclofure ; the Nyl-ghau, with the quicknefs of lightning, darted againft the wood-work with fuch violence, that he broke it to pieces, and broke off one of his horns clofe to the root. The death of the animal, which happened foon after, was fuppofed to be owing to... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...CCCXLVlt. Nymph, thequicknefs of lightning, darted againft the wood*••— v~— •* work with fuch violence, that he broke it to pieces, and broke off one of hio horns clofe to ihe root. The death of the animal, -which happened foon after, was fuppofed to be... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...with the swiftness of lightning, darted against the wood-work with such violence that he shattered it to pieces, and broke off one of his horns close to the root. This violence was supposed to occasion his death, which happened not long after. From this it... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - Animals - 1807 - 564 pages
...labouring man, without knowing that the animal was near him, went up to the outside of the inclosure : the Nyl-ghau, with the quickness of lightning, darted...against the wood-work with such violence, that he dashed it to pieces, and broke off one of his horns close to the root. The death of the animal, which... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Meteorology - 1809 - 792 pages
...'to offend, nor suspecting the danger, came up near to the outside of the pales of the inclosure ; the nyl-ghau, with the quickness of lightning, darted...pieces; and broke off one of his horns close to the root. From this piece of history and further inquiry, I was satisfied that the animal is vicious and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 524 pages
...attempted to overturn a poor labourer who unthinkingly stood on the outside of the pales of its inclosure. The nyl-ghau, with the quickness of lightning, darted...woodwork with such violence, that he broke it to pieces, t and broke off one of his horns close to the root, which occasioned the animal's death. At all the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1823 - 534 pages
...them attempted to overturn a poor labourer who unthinkingly stood on the outside of the pales of its enclosure. The nyl-ghau, with the quickness of lightning,...pieces, and broke off one of his horns close to the root, which occasioned the animal's death. At all the places in India where we have settlements, they... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1824 - 548 pages
...without knowing that the animal was near him, went up to the outside of the inclosure : the Nyl-ghan, with the quickness of lightning, darted against the wood-work with such violence, that he dashed it to pieces, and broke off one of his horns close to the root. The death of the animal, which... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1828 - 612 pages
...attempted to overturn a poor labourer, who unthinkingly stood on the outside of the pales of its inclosure. The nyl-ghau, with the quickness of lightning, darted...violence, that he broke it to pieces, and broke off one of its horns close to the root, which occasioned the animal's death. At all the places in India, where... | |
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The nyl-ghau, with the quickness of lightning, darted against the wood-work with such violence, that he broke it to pieces, and broke off one of his horns close to the root, which occasioned the animal's death. 
