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 356
... look , being , according to the natives , quite deaf ; the eye is proportionally keen ; and thus they frequent the open plains , being there most secure from whoever may invade the solitude of the desert . The Kangaroo , on the contrary ...
... look , being , according to the natives , quite deaf ; the eye is proportionally keen ; and thus they frequent the open plains , being there most secure from whoever may invade the solitude of the desert . The Kangaroo , on the contrary ...
Page 365
... progressively subsided , and now lies beneath the Pacific Ocean . " Alas for the Wonder - Birds ! They are gone ! Take them for all in all , we ne'er shall look upon their like again . Certainly not look upon them : but may.
... progressively subsided , and now lies beneath the Pacific Ocean . " Alas for the Wonder - Birds ! They are gone ! Take them for all in all , we ne'er shall look upon their like again . Certainly not look upon them : but may.
Page 366
... look upon them : but may we ever possibly look up to them - behold them as we would the Trojan Horse , or the Duke's Statue on the gate at Constitution Hill ? Is there a chance that we , like the Romans with Julius Cæsar " when he was ...
... look upon them : but may we ever possibly look up to them - behold them as we would the Trojan Horse , or the Duke's Statue on the gate at Constitution Hill ? Is there a chance that we , like the Romans with Julius Cæsar " when he was ...
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