The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ManagementW.S. Orr, 1851 - 458 pages |
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Page 95
... perhaps also with some of her Pigeons , and returns home , laden with tallow , hemp , hides , & c .; and , perhaps , the choicest of the birds are after all brought home to please a friendly These feathered favourites at sea are ...
... perhaps also with some of her Pigeons , and returns home , laden with tallow , hemp , hides , & c .; and , perhaps , the choicest of the birds are after all brought home to please a friendly These feathered favourites at sea are ...
Page 336
... Perhaps they are equally scrupulous about church rates , the shabby resistance to which may have disgusted them with certain localities in England , and rendered their rare visits to this country still fewer and more far between ...
... Perhaps they are equally scrupulous about church rates , the shabby resistance to which may have disgusted them with certain localities in England , and rendered their rare visits to this country still fewer and more far between ...
Page 367
... perhaps both of them , that they were satisfied with looking at him , when in a little time he took the alarm , and strode away up the side of the mountain . The incident might not have been worth men- tioning , had it not been for the ...
... perhaps both of them , that they were satisfied with looking at him , when in a little time he took the alarm , and strode away up the side of the mountain . The incident might not have been worth men- tioning , had it not been for the ...
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The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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