Fishes

Examples

• Behold the baits with which he fishes for souls, giving a poor space of earthly life in exchange for eternal happiness hereafter. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Hence in the several fishes furnished with electric organs, these cannot be considered as homologous, but only as analogous in function. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The Echinodermata (star-fishes, sea-urchins, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• But, mark my words, the first woman who fishes for him, hooks him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• These fishes are reared by the Chinese in small ponds, in basins or porcelain vessels, and kept for ornament. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There has been much less extinction of the forms of life which once connected fishes with Batrachians. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Moreover, Dr. Gunther has recently been led by several considerations to infer that with fishes the same forms have a long endurance. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Many hundreds of fishes have, in all their varieties, been robbed of life for my repast, and of the smaller fry as many thousands. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• In the picture the round building is the Aquarium, which is abundantly supplied with sea and river fishes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is evident, from the quantities of seashells, and the bones and teeth of fishes found in high lands, that the sea has formerly covered them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• How do Fishes Swim? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In certain genera of star-fishes, the very combinations needed to show that the pedicellariae are only modified branching spines may be found. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In fishes and reptiles, as Owen has remarked, The range of gradation of dioptric structures is very great. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The swim-bladder has, also, been worked in as an accessory to the auditory organs of certain fishes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These fishes, however, are soon able to hold themselves in a vertical position, and no permanent effect is thus produced. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Presently one of the crew spied the approaching Claytons, and with a cry of: Here's two more for the fishes, rushed toward them with uplifted ax. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The high price paid by the Romans, in the time of their greatest grandeur, for rare birds and fishes, may in this manner easily be accounted for. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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