All 32 Uses
serpent
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The Swiss Family Robinson
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- We advanced cautiously lest the thicket should contain some wild beast or venomous serpent.†
Chpt 3 *serpent = snake
- We let fly some dozens of these fiery serpents, which went whizzing in and disappeared at apparently a vast distance from us.†
Chpt 9serpents = snakes
- 'It is, as I feared, an enormous serpent!' cried I. 'It advances directly this way, and we shall be placed in the greatest possible danger, for it will cross the bridge to a certainty.'†
Chpt 11serpent = snake
- Fritz left me unwillingly, while I continued to watch the serpent, which was of gigantic size, and already much too near the bridge to admit of the possibility of removing that means of access to our dwelling.†
Chpt 11
- A wonderful weight seemed lifted from our hearts, while all eagerly discussed the vast length and awful though magnificent appearance of the serpent.†
Chpt 11
- I could not venture to attack with insufficient force a monstrous and formidable serpent concealed in dense thickets amidst dangerous swamps; yet it was dreadful to live in a state of blockade, cut off from all the important duties in which we were engaged, and shut up with our animals in the unnatural light of the cave, enduring constant anxiety and perturbation.†
Chpt 11
- When the awkward morsel was entirely swallowed, the serpent lay stiff, distorted, and apparently insensible along the edge of the marsh.†
Chpt 11
- Calling on my sons to maintain their courage and presence of mind, I left our retreat with a feeling of joyous emotion quite new to me, and approached with rapid steps and levelled gun, the outstretched form of the serpent.†
Chpt 11
- 'Did anybody ever think of eating serpents?' inquired Franz.†
Chpt 11serpents = snakes
- 'Why, child, serpents are poisonous—it would be very dangerous.'†
Chpt 11
- The pigs had clearly eaten the serpents.'†
Chpt 11
- My wife having gone to prepare dinner, we continued talking as we rested in the shade of some rocks, near the serpent, for a considerable time.†
Chpt 11serpent = snake
- My boys questioned me closely on the subject of serpents in general; and I described to them the action of the poison fangs; how they folded back on the sides of the upper jaw, and how the poison-secreting glands, and reservoir are found at the back and sides of the head, giving to the venomous serpents that peculiar width of head which is so unfailing a characteristic.†
Chpt 11serpents = snakes
- My boys questioned me closely on the subject of serpents in general; and I described to them the action of the poison fangs; how they folded back on the sides of the upper jaw, and how the poison-secreting glands, and reservoir are found at the back and sides of the head, giving to the venomous serpents that peculiar width of head which is so unfailing a characteristic.†
Chpt 11
- Sometimes, if taken in time, cures are effected, but in most cases the bite of a serpent is followed by speedy death.'†
Chpt 11serpent = snake
- The children were much interested in my account of the snake-charmers of India, how they fearlessly handle the most deadly of the serpent tribe, the Cobra di Capello-or hooded cobra-, cause them to move in time to musical sounds from a small pipe, twine the reptile about their arms and bare necks, and then, to prove that the poison fangs have not been removed, make them bite a fowl, which soon dies from the effects.'†
Chpt 11
- 'What is the best thing to be done for the bite of a serpent?' inquired Fritz.†
Chpt 11
- 'But now we must leave this fertile subject of discussion, and I can only say I sincerely trust we may never have cause to resume it from the appearance of another serpent here of any sort, size, or description.†
Chpt 11
- 'A monstrous serpent, springing from the grass, 'Seized, crushed, and swallowed him before our eyes.†
Chpt 11
- We then had dinner, and afterwards went to work with the serpent.†
Chpt 11
- Then we yoked Storm and Grumble to the serpent, and dragged it to a convenient distance from Rockburg, where the process of skinning, stuffing, and sewing up again afforded occupation of the deepest interest to the boys for several days.†
Chpt 11
- Chapter 12 The greatest danger to which we had yet been exposed was now over, but there remained much anxiety in my mind lest another serpent might, unseen by us, have entered the swamp, or might appear, as this had done, from the country beyond Falconhurst.†
Chpt 12
- 'I shot a young serpent while you were away, father,' said he.†
Chpt 12
- 'A serpent!' cried I, hurrying towards it in alarm, and fearing there must be a brood of them in the swamp after all.†
Chpt 12
- I am glad you had the courage to kill it, instead of taking to your heels and fleeing from the supposed serpent.'†
Chpt 12
- It was most important to ascertain whether any serpent lurked among the woods of our little territory between the cliffs and the sea.†
Chpt 12
- Directing our course towards Woodlands, we saw many traces of the serpent's approach to Rockburg.†
Chpt 12
- We went back to the house, and met Fritz and Jack just returned from their excursion, reporting that no trace of serpents, great or small, had been met with.†
Chpt 12serpents = snakes
- During the process of curing our large supply of hams and bacon, which occupied several days, we roamed about the neighbourhood in all directions, finding no trace of the serpent, but making many valuable acquisitions, among which were some gigantic bamboos from fifty to sixty feet in length, and of proportionate thickness.†
Chpt 12serpent = snake
- The soft ground was trodden and marked by the footsteps of many different sorts of animals; we saw tracks of buffaloes, antelopes, onagers or quaggas, but no trace whatever of any kind of serpent: hitherto our journey in search of monster reptiles had been signalized by very satisfactory failure.†
Chpt 12
- * Grizzlies, not polar bears 'Well, my lads,' said I, 'if we have failed to catch sight of serpents, we have at least made good riddance of some other bad rubbish!†
Chpt 12serpents = snakes
- I landed, and scrambled to where he lay; but I took care to give him the contents of my pistol before going close up, having a salutary recollection of the big serpent's parting fling at you, Jack.'†
Chpt 15serpent = snake
Definitions:
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(1)
(serpent) a snake
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.