"Fully grown" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that is broken off; whereas in the case of air and water, vibrations get soon effaced and only very recent vibrations get carried into the young air and the young water which are, therefore, born fully grown; they cannot grow any more nor can they decay till they are killed outright by something decomposing them. If protoplasm was more viscid it would not vibrate easily enough; if less, it would run ...
— The Note-Books of Samuel Butler • Samuel Butler
... the men had marched against the invader. Suddenly fell on the house a fugitive band of marauders, Eager for booty, who crowded straightway to the room of the women. There they beheld the beautiful form of the fully grown maiden, Looked on the charming young girls, who rather might still be called children. Savage desire possessed them; at once with merciless passion They that trembling band assailed and the high-hearted maiden. But she had snatched in an instant the sword of one ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke
... be some hearts, I wis, To which nothing comes amiss. Mine was one. Much secret wealth I was heir to: and by stealth, When the moon was fully grown, And she thought herself alone, I have heard her, ay, right well, Shoot a silver message down To the unseen sentinel Of a still, ...
— Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. • Jean Ingelow
... carnivorous animals. He has difficulty even in preserving life. In spring he sheds his winter coat, and is provided with a suit of lighter hair, and while this is going on the male grows antlers for defence. The female about this time is far along in pregnancy, and when the antlers are fully grown she drops the fawn. When the fawns are dropped vegetation is plentiful and lactation sets in. During this time the male is kept fully employed in getting food and guarding his more or less helpless family. As the season ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... still the summer, When thy fair tree, fully grown, Shall bourgeon, and grow splendid With blossoms of its own, And the fruit begins to gather, But ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 1 (of 4) • Various
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