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... seen at a watermill , near Wyrardisbury , on the Colne , about two or three hundred yards above the place at which that river falls into the Thames , just below Bell Weir , well known to the angler who goes after the great trouts .
... seen at a watermill , near Wyrardisbury , on the Colne , about two or three hundred yards above the place at which that river falls into the Thames , just below Bell Weir , well known to the angler who goes after the great trouts .
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Such “ philoprogenitiveness " may account for the swarms that cover the face not only of this but other countries in the autumn and winter , when the fatal net entangles hundreds at a time , and thousands fall a sacrifice to the various ...
Such “ philoprogenitiveness " may account for the swarms that cover the face not only of this but other countries in the autumn and winter , when the fatal net entangles hundreds at a time , and thousands fall a sacrifice to the various ...
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... and this continued for full sixteen hours in a day , which would amount to seventy - two feeds daily for each , if equally divided between the eight young ones , amounting in the whole to five hundred and seventy - six .
... and this continued for full sixteen hours in a day , which would amount to seventy - two feeds daily for each , if equally divided between the eight young ones , amounting in the whole to five hundred and seventy - six .
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The ranks close , as does a column of infantry or cavalry through which the cannon has cut a lane ; but the winged foe wheels ; round again , and as the “ insect youth ” dance in the sun , annihilates hundreds .
The ranks close , as does a column of infantry or cavalry through which the cannon has cut a lane ; but the winged foe wheels ; round again , and as the “ insect youth ” dance in the sun , annihilates hundreds .
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Nothing , ” says White in a letter to Pennant , dated 18th April , 1768 , “ can be more amusing than the whisper of this little bird , which seems to be close by , though at an hundred yards distance ; and when close at your ear ...
Nothing , ” says White in a letter to Pennant , dated 18th April , 1768 , “ can be more amusing than the whisper of this little bird , which seems to be close by , though at an hundred yards distance ; and when close at your ear ...
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| Название | Zoological Recreations |
| Автор | William John Broderip |
| Издатель | H. Colburn, 1849 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Нью-Йоркская публичная библиотека |
| Оцифровано | 19 окт 2009 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 384 |
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