A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... become countless , and the bassi - rilievi of Assyrian monuments , though mostly belonging of course to a subsequent period , are not without them ; but so rudely designed as to be generally unrecognizable . No figures of Birds ...
... become countless , and the bassi - rilievi of Assyrian monuments , though mostly belonging of course to a subsequent period , are not without them ; but so rudely designed as to be generally unrecognizable . No figures of Birds ...
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... become the master ; but dying before the promise of his life was fulfilled , his writings were given to the world by his friend Ray , who , adding to them from his own stores , published the Ornithologia in Latin in 1676 , and in ...
... become the master ; but dying before the promise of his life was fulfilled , his writings were given to the world by his friend Ray , who , adding to them from his own stores , published the Ornithologia in Latin in 1676 , and in ...
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... become famous , but among them were some whose admiration of their chief carried them to a pitch of enthusiasm which now seems absurd.1 Careful as Linn¿us was in drawing up his definitions of groups , it was immediately seen that they ...
... become famous , but among them were some whose admiration of their chief carried them to a pitch of enthusiasm which now seems absurd.1 Careful as Linn¿us was in drawing up his definitions of groups , it was immediately seen that they ...
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... become emphatically an English classic - the graceful simplicity of its style , the elevating tone of its spirit and the sympathetic chords it strikes recommending it to every lover of nature , while the severely scientific reader can ...
... become emphatically an English classic - the graceful simplicity of its style , the elevating tone of its spirit and the sympathetic chords it strikes recommending it to every lover of nature , while the severely scientific reader can ...
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... become wholly restricted - have become far more numerous . But this seems to be the natural law in all sciences , and its cause is not far to seek . As the knowledge of any branch of study extends , it outgrows the opportunities and ...
... become wholly restricted - have become far more numerous . But this seems to be the natural law in all sciences , and its cause is not far to seek . As the knowledge of any branch of study extends , it outgrows the opportunities and ...
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