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... Italy . " Now I want to know , from some curious person in the north , whether there are any large flocks of these finches with them in the winter , and of which sex they mostly consist ? For , from such intelligence , one might be able ...
... Italy . " Now I want to know , from some curious person in the north , whether there are any large flocks of these finches with them in the winter , and of which sex they mostly consist ? For , from such intelligence , one might be able ...
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... Italy , of sucking the teats of goats , whence it is called caprimulgus ; and with us of communicating a deadly disorder to cattle . But the truth of the matter is , the malady above mentioned is occasioned by the Estrus bovis , a ...
... Italy , of sucking the teats of goats , whence it is called caprimulgus ; and with us of communicating a deadly disorder to cattle . But the truth of the matter is , the malady above mentioned is occasioned by the Estrus bovis , a ...
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... Italy , " & c . have fallen in my way ; and gave me great satisfaction ; they have removed the objections that always arose in my mind whenever I came to the passages which you quote . Surely the judicious Virgil , when writing a ...
... Italy , " & c . have fallen in my way ; and gave me great satisfaction ; they have removed the objections that always arose in my mind whenever I came to the passages which you quote . Surely the judicious Virgil , when writing a ...
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... Italian and modern Greek , Zingari . SELBORNE , Oct. 2 , 1775 . LETTER LXVIII . TO THE HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON . " Hic · tædæ pingues , hic plurimus ignis Semper , et assiduâ postes fuligine nigri . " ( VIRG . Ecl . vii . 49 , 50 ...
... Italian and modern Greek , Zingari . SELBORNE , Oct. 2 , 1775 . LETTER LXVIII . TO THE HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON . " Hic · tædæ pingues , hic plurimus ignis Semper , et assiduâ postes fuligine nigri . " ( VIRG . Ecl . vii . 49 , 50 ...
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... Italy , were the first people among us that had gardens and fruit - trees in any perfection , within the walls of ... Italians use several herbs for sallets , which are not yet or have 1 March was the stormy month with our Saxon ...
... Italy , were the first people among us that had gardens and fruit - trees in any perfection , within the walls of ... Italians use several herbs for sallets , which are not yet or have 1 March was the stormy month with our Saxon ...
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Page 24 - Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffused into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose; Rural confusion! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface.
Page 430 - The haunt of seals, and ores, and sea-mews' clang ; To teach thee that God attributes to place No sanctity, if none be thither brought By men who there frequent, or therein dwell. And now, what further shall ensue, behold.
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Page 184 - ... it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Page 8 - Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry: the difficulty whetted their inclinations, and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But, when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous: so the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in...
Page 261 - Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, JOHN MILTON. 345 In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
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Page 114 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
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