Goldsmith's Natural history, with notes collected, with a life of O. Goldsmith by G.M. Bussey, by H. Innes1853 |
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... taken as it were a survey of the road , they slide down with the swiftness of a meteor . In the mean time , all the rider has to do is to keep himself fast on the saddle without checking the rein , for the least motion is sufficient to ...
... taken as it were a survey of the road , they slide down with the swiftness of a meteor . In the mean time , all the rider has to do is to keep himself fast on the saddle without checking the rein , for the least motion is sufficient to ...
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... taken for distinct kinds . ( g ) The urus , or wild bull , is chiefly to be met with in the province of Lithuania ; and grows to a size , that scarce any other animal , except the elephant , is found to equal . It is quite black ...
... taken for distinct kinds . ( g ) The urus , or wild bull , is chiefly to be met with in the province of Lithuania ; and grows to a size , that scarce any other animal , except the elephant , is found to equal . It is quite black ...
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... taken alive by the peasants ; numbers are found out , and worried by the dogs ; and still more by the wolf , which has always been their most inveterate enemy . By these continual depredations upon this beautiful creature , the roe ...
... taken alive by the peasants ; numbers are found out , and worried by the dogs ; and still more by the wolf , which has always been their most inveterate enemy . By these continual depredations upon this beautiful creature , the roe ...
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... taken into the house to be tamed . * HOGS IN ANCIENT TIMES . - Among the ancients , the hog was in very high esteem . It was the peculiar sacrifice to Ceres , the goddess of harvest . In the island of Crete , hogs were regarded as ...
... taken into the house to be tamed . * HOGS IN ANCIENT TIMES . - Among the ancients , the hog was in very high esteem . It was the peculiar sacrifice to Ceres , the goddess of harvest . In the island of Crete , hogs were regarded as ...
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... taken at first , they are very easily tamed , and soon loose all their natural ferocity ; however , they never show any remarkable signs of docility , but continue stupid and rude , without attachment , or even seeming to know the hand ...
... taken at first , they are very easily tamed , and soon loose all their natural ferocity ; however , they never show any remarkable signs of docility , but continue stupid and rude , without attachment , or even seeming to know the hand ...
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