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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... given will show how com- pletely and effectually this great end is carried out with the least possible expenditure of time and power . The forcing by gardeners , and the fattening by graziers , indeed all our artificial means of ...
... given will show how com- pletely and effectually this great end is carried out with the least possible expenditure of time and power . The forcing by gardeners , and the fattening by graziers , indeed all our artificial means of ...
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... given not for any use , or to serve the performance of any function in the economy of the creatures , but solely for appearance sake , a fact of which they them- selves manifest a consciousness . Innumerable instances of this might be ...
... given not for any use , or to serve the performance of any function in the economy of the creatures , but solely for appearance sake , a fact of which they them- selves manifest a consciousness . Innumerable instances of this might be ...
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... given to Abraham is , " Take me an heifer of three years old , and a she - goat of three years old , and a ram of three years old , and a * C ' Paciferæque manu ramum prætendit olivæ . " - Virg . Æn . viii . 118 . " Resolve me ...
... given to Abraham is , " Take me an heifer of three years old , and a she - goat of three years old , and a ram of three years old , and a * C ' Paciferæque manu ramum prætendit olivæ . " - Virg . Æn . viii . 118 . " Resolve me ...
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... given by Pharaoh to the patriarch ) , has never yet been met with in the paintings or hieroglyphics . We cannot , how- ever , infer , from our finding no representation or notice of it , that it was rare in any part of the country ...
... given by Pharaoh to the patriarch ) , has never yet been met with in the paintings or hieroglyphics . We cannot , how- ever , infer , from our finding no representation or notice of it , that it was rare in any part of the country ...
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... given the most frequent occa- sion for the employment of Carrier Pigeons . The clever contrivance of Brutus is thus mentioned by Pliny , and we quote it , although it is a well - known passage , and has even had the honour of being para ...
... given the most frequent occa- sion for the employment of Carrier Pigeons . The clever contrivance of Brutus is thus mentioned by Pliny , and we quote it , although it is a well - known passage , and has even had the honour of being para ...
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