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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... matter for speculative inquiry to their seniors . What boy , whose parents permitted him to keep ever so few pairs of Pigeons , forgets in after days the pleasing anxieties of which they were the source - the occupation for spare half ...
... matter for speculative inquiry to their seniors . What boy , whose parents permitted him to keep ever so few pairs of Pigeons , forgets in after days the pleasing anxieties of which they were the source - the occupation for spare half ...
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... matters : during the siege of Mutina , Decius Brutus sent letters tied to their feet into the camp of the Consuls . What service did Anthony derive from his trenches , and his vigilant block- ade , and even from his nets stretched ...
... matters : during the siege of Mutina , Decius Brutus sent letters tied to their feet into the camp of the Consuls . What service did Anthony derive from his trenches , and his vigilant block- ade , and even from his nets stretched ...
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... matter , which conquered the engines of the Christians by yeelding unto them . As for one sturdie engine whose force would not be tamed , they brought two old witches on the walls to inchant it : but the spirit thereof was too strong ...
... matter , which conquered the engines of the Christians by yeelding unto them . As for one sturdie engine whose force would not be tamed , they brought two old witches on the walls to inchant it : but the spirit thereof was too strong ...
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... of the bottle with the water , and which consequently , as being the lighter matter , rises to the top of the bottle , as it stands in its proper situation ; but the water being sucked away by the Pigeons , that it no longer.
... of the bottle with the water , and which consequently , as being the lighter matter , rises to the top of the bottle , as it stands in its proper situation ; but the water being sucked away by the Pigeons , that it no longer.
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... matter of what sort , cross - bred or otherwise , should never be destroyed . They will have rendered , if fairly fed , such substantial assistance to the pastry - cook in the course of their adult period ( the duration of which is not ...
... matter of what sort , cross - bred or otherwise , should never be destroyed . They will have rendered , if fairly fed , such substantial assistance to the pastry - cook in the course of their adult period ( the duration of which is not ...
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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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