The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... soon learn to associate this sound with feeding , and it will be found that directly she hears it , she will gripe with her talons , and bend down to feel for food . When the falconer perceives this and other signs of her " coming to ...
... soon learn to associate this sound with feeding , and it will be found that directly she hears it , she will gripe with her talons , and bend down to feel for food . When the falconer perceives this and other signs of her " coming to ...
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... soon as the eyas knows the lure sufficiently well to come to it sharp and straight from a dis- tance , she must be taught to " wait on . " This is effected by letting the hawk loose in an open place , such as a down . It will be found ...
... soon as the eyas knows the lure sufficiently well to come to it sharp and straight from a dis- tance , she must be taught to " wait on . " This is effected by letting the hawk loose in an open place , such as a down . It will be found ...
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... soon as the hawk is at her pitch . It is not by any means necessary that the hawk should be near the birds when they rise , provided she is at a good height , and that she is watching ; she will come at once with a rush out of the air ...
... soon as the hawk is at her pitch . It is not by any means necessary that the hawk should be near the birds when they rise , provided she is at a good height , and that she is watching ; she will come at once with a rush out of the air ...
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... soon placed by his mother under the carc of the famous schoolmaster , Thomas Farnabie . In Novem ber 1623 he was admitted fellow commoner of Jesus College , Cambridge , under Dr Beale . In January 1626 he entered the Middle Temple , but ...
... soon placed by his mother under the carc of the famous schoolmaster , Thomas Farnabie . In Novem ber 1623 he was admitted fellow commoner of Jesus College , Cambridge , under Dr Beale . In January 1626 he entered the Middle Temple , but ...
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... soon acquired a voice the beauty of which has never been sur- passed , under the instruction of the celebrated Porpora . He became famous , while yet a boy , throughout southern Italy , where he was usually called il ragazzo ; and in ...
... soon acquired a voice the beauty of which has never been sur- passed , under the instruction of the celebrated Porpora . He became famous , while yet a boy , throughout southern Italy , where he was usually called il ragazzo ; and in ...
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