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... note , in this much - frequented town . Here it is that we see people of dilapidated frame , sitting down to a dinner which might vie with Ovid's description of Chaos in its materials , and in the nature of them . 66 Frigida pugnabant ...
... note , in this much - frequented town . Here it is that we see people of dilapidated frame , sitting down to a dinner which might vie with Ovid's description of Chaos in its materials , and in the nature of them . 66 Frigida pugnabant ...
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... notes with tolerable exactness , and the observations of former years have occasionally been corrected by others in after - times . Still I recommend that what I have given to the public on the nature of our birds should be received ...
... notes with tolerable exactness , and the observations of former years have occasionally been corrected by others in after - times . Still I recommend that what I have given to the public on the nature of our birds should be received ...
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... pouring forth his newly acquired notes from the top of a neighbouring elm ! and how delightful it is to hear cock - robin's carol on the thorn that affords a shelter to the humble primrose ! The lily B 2 AND SONG BIRDS . 3.
... pouring forth his newly acquired notes from the top of a neighbouring elm ! and how delightful it is to hear cock - robin's carol on the thorn that affords a shelter to the humble primrose ! The lily B 2 AND SONG BIRDS . 3.
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... note sounds through the dell , and insures me the return of warmer weather ! The chaffinch , too , and the whitethroat , and the thrush , and the blackbird , with pretty jenny - wren , and the hedge - sparrow , all add charms ...
... note sounds through the dell , and insures me the return of warmer weather ! The chaffinch , too , and the whitethroat , and the thrush , and the blackbird , with pretty jenny - wren , and the hedge - sparrow , all add charms ...
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... the roof of the Palace Odescalchi to the belfry of the Church of the Twelve Apostles , singing as it flew . I thought it had been the Italian black- bird , with notes somewhat different from those of our B 3 AND SONG BIRDS . 5.
... the roof of the Palace Odescalchi to the belfry of the Church of the Twelve Apostles , singing as it flew . I thought it had been the Italian black- bird , with notes somewhat different from those of our B 3 AND SONG BIRDS . 5.
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