The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... ground , in the falconer's presence till she will suffer him to walk round her while she is feeding . All this time she will have been held by the leash only , but in the next step a strong but light creance must be made fast to the ...
... ground , in the falconer's presence till she will suffer him to walk round her while she is feeding . All this time she will have been held by the leash only , but in the next step a strong but light creance must be made fast to the ...
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... ground , however , should the falcon be de- ficient in skill or strength , or have been mutilated by the coping of ... ground , taking stand in a tree , raking out wide , skimming the ground , or lazily flying about at no height . A good ...
... ground , however , should the falcon be de- ficient in skill or strength , or have been mutilated by the coping of ... ground , taking stand in a tree , raking out wide , skimming the ground , or lazily flying about at no height . A good ...
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... ground of prior discovery , and his doing so was nearly the cause of a war between England and Spain , both countries having armed fleets to contest the barren sovereignty . In 1771 , however , Spain yielded the islands to Great Britain ...
... ground of prior discovery , and his doing so was nearly the cause of a war between England and Spain , both countries having armed fleets to contest the barren sovereignty . In 1771 , however , Spain yielded the islands to Great Britain ...
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... ground plan of two versions , —the first on the lines of the original legend , the second without any supernatural ... grounds . He is mentioned as a contemporary by Trithemius ( 1507 ) , Mutianus Rufus ( 1513 ) , Begardi ( 1539 ) , and ...
... ground plan of two versions , —the first on the lines of the original legend , the second without any supernatural ... grounds . He is mentioned as a contemporary by Trithemius ( 1507 ) , Mutianus Rufus ( 1513 ) , Begardi ( 1539 ) , and ...
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... ground by root hairs in ferns and horse tails ; in adder's tongues and club mosses it is tuberous and subterranean , while in Rhizocarpeæ and Selaginella it always remains more or less included within the cavity of the parent spore ...
... ground by root hairs in ferns and horse tails ; in adder's tongues and club mosses it is tuberous and subterranean , while in Rhizocarpeæ and Selaginella it always remains more or less included within the cavity of the parent spore ...
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