“My teeth are used to it,” said Mrs Shingle, smiling pleasantly, as if she were quite accustomed to the old fellow’s proceedings.
— from Sawn Off: A Tale of a Family Tree by George Manville Fenn
Hasselquist, from whom we have derived the above description, says that it is a short reptile; while Savary assures us that it sometimes measures six feet.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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