The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... taken to make a peculiar sound with the lips or tongue , or to use a low whistle as she is in the act of swallowing ; she will very soon learn to associate this sound with feeding , and it will be found that directly she hears it , she ...
... taken to make a peculiar sound with the lips or tongue , or to use a low whistle as she is in the act of swallowing ; she will very soon learn to associate this sound with feeding , and it will be found that directly she hears it , she ...
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... taken up " from hack . open tract of country free from water . Though he has She will not require a rufter hood , but a good deal of the no chance whatever of competing with a falcon in straight- management described for the passage ...
... taken up " from hack . open tract of country free from water . Though he has She will not require a rufter hood , but a good deal of the no chance whatever of competing with a falcon in straight- management described for the passage ...
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... taken as giving a fair account of the estimation in which eyases were generally held , and from which it is evident that the old falconers did not understand flying hawks at hack . Simon Latham , writing in 1633 , says of eyases ...
... taken as giving a fair account of the estimation in which eyases were generally held , and from which it is evident that the old falconers did not understand flying hawks at hack . Simon Latham , writing in 1633 , says of eyases ...
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... taken in this direction would show how little removed from famine con- ditions were the people of England even at a compara- tively recent period . 12. Misapplication of Grain . - Under this head is mainly to be noted the excessive use ...
... taken in this direction would show how little removed from famine con- ditions were the people of England even at a compara- tively recent period . 12. Misapplication of Grain . - Under this head is mainly to be noted the excessive use ...
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... taken against the recurrence of such a disaster . The only hope of Antwerp was to break down •. together with the splendid family property in Rome - the Palazzo Farnese and the Farnese gardens . A large part of the Farnese art collection ...
... taken against the recurrence of such a disaster . The only hope of Antwerp was to break down •. together with the splendid family property in Rome - the Palazzo Farnese and the Farnese gardens . A large part of the Farnese art collection ...
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