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... various insects there exposed , or again visiting pastures for other purposes . There they are accused of destroying the grass by pulling it up by the roots : but it has been stated , and , as I believe truly , that this is an error ...
... various insects there exposed , or again visiting pastures for other purposes . There they are accused of destroying the grass by pulling it up by the roots : but it has been stated , and , as I believe truly , that this is an error ...
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... various depths in the soil . This field was visited by a great number of Rooks , though there was no rookery within many miles of the neighbourhood , who turned up , and appeared to devour the grubs with great satisfaction . " To prove ...
... various depths in the soil . This field was visited by a great number of Rooks , though there was no rookery within many miles of the neighbourhood , who turned up , and appeared to devour the grubs with great satisfaction . " To prove ...
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... various sorts of insects , which , from the numbers of the birds themselves , must be consumed to an enormous extent . During the farmer's seed - time the newly - sown grain requires to be watched to keep the Rooks away ; they will also ...
... various sorts of insects , which , from the numbers of the birds themselves , must be consumed to an enormous extent . During the farmer's seed - time the newly - sown grain requires to be watched to keep the Rooks away ; they will also ...
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... various beauties of the bird itself have been more judiciously chosen for the subject of poetical description . * Cuvier , vol . viii . p . 658 . Shaw , Zool . Lect . - Sir Thomas Brown thus quaintly concludes his examination of this ...
... various beauties of the bird itself have been more judiciously chosen for the subject of poetical description . * Cuvier , vol . viii . p . 658 . Shaw , Zool . Lect . - Sir Thomas Brown thus quaintly concludes his examination of this ...
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... insects which devour his crops , and annoy him in various ways . To treat such an animal with * Pennant , Brit Zool . vol . iii . p . 17 . Rev. S. Hopkins , of Morton , near Bourn . cruelty , and to regard it with disgust , I 132 THE TOAD .
... insects which devour his crops , and annoy him in various ways . To treat such an animal with * Pennant , Brit Zool . vol . iii . p . 17 . Rev. S. Hopkins , of Morton , near Bourn . cruelty , and to regard it with disgust , I 132 THE TOAD .
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Page 19 - Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken, the danger is over ; The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.
Page 157 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...