The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... ground , in the falconer's be tied to a perch in a room with the window darkened , so presence - till she will suffer him to walk round her while that no light can enter in the morning . The perch should she is feeding . All this time ...
... ground , in the falconer's be tied to a perch in a room with the window darkened , so presence - till she will suffer him to walk round her while that no light can enter in the morning . The perch should she is feeding . All this time ...
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... ground , taking stand in a tree , raking out wide , skimming the ground , or lazily flying about at no height . A good game hawk in proper flying order goes up at once to a good pitch in the air- the higher she flies the better - and ...
... ground , taking stand in a tree , raking out wide , skimming the ground , or lazily flying about at no height . A good game hawk in proper flying order goes up at once to a good pitch in the air- the higher she flies the better - and ...
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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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... grounds . element in the text . These marionette pieces long main- He is mentioned as a contemporary by Trithemius ... ground plan of two versions , —the first whose conversation Manlius is not reporting on this occa- on the lines of ...
... grounds . element in the text . These marionette pieces long main- He is mentioned as a contemporary by Trithemius ... ground plan of two versions , —the first whose conversation Manlius is not reporting on this occa- on the lines of ...
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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 Rhizocarpece 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 Rhizocarpece and Selaginella it always remains more or less included within the cavity of the parent spore ...
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