Citations:hedge-hogs

English citations of hedge-hogs

• 1887, Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically, page 498

  Hedge-hogs. 1. Hedge-hogs are not to be killed with a fist. Por. 2. Hedge-hogs lodge among thorns because they themselves are prickly. Heir. 1. A third heir seldom enjoys property dishonestly got. 2. Let an ill man lie in thy straw and he looks ...

• 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry

  Heriz, az. a chev. erm. betw. three hedge-hogs or. See Herris. Heriz, alias Smith, [ Withcock, Leicestershire, Temp. Henry VII.] az. a fesse betw. three urchins ar. — Quartering, in the principal quarter Smith, of Withcock, Leicestershire. See Smith  ...

• 1790, Dramatic Works with Explanatory Notes. A New Ed., to which is Now Added a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words by Samuel Ayscough. - London, Stockdale 1790, page 1356

  Prospero's spirits compared to hedgehogs -- · – F. Ao Tempest.ļ2| 2 | 1olz 33 – Thorny hedge-hogs - - Mid. Nigi: Dream|2|3| isi|2|23 – Doft grant me, hedge-hog |- |- - . . - Richard iii.|| 1 || 2 | 636||1 49 Hedge-sparrow. The hedge-sparrow fed the  ...

• 2014, John Baron, The Life of Edward Jenner M.D., Cambridge University Press →ISBN, page 54

  I think your stopping the eels is a good scheme, if you can; but I should suspect that they would be more slippery than hedge-hogs. I do not know if hedge-hogs burrow. About a month hence examine another, and compare him with your notes, ...