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... considered to be monogamous , | and the nest is frequently made near the fresh waters ; the female alone incubating , though both parents , in several o the species at least , strip the down from their breasts as o covering for the eggs ...
... considered to be monogamous , | and the nest is frequently made near the fresh waters ; the female alone incubating , though both parents , in several o the species at least , strip the down from their breasts as o covering for the eggs ...
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... considered as of much value for the table ; but the young birds are tender and juicy . If , as is on good authority asserted , the down which the Long - tailed Duck strips from its breast as a lining for the nest is as soft and elastic ...
... considered as of much value for the table ; but the young birds are tender and juicy . If , as is on good authority asserted , the down which the Long - tailed Duck strips from its breast as a lining for the nest is as soft and elastic ...
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... considered that all British subjects were entitled to engage in the trade with those regions , and in conformity with this notion a partnership was formed in 1783 under the name of the North - West Company , which proved a powerful ...
... considered that all British subjects were entitled to engage in the trade with those regions , and in conformity with this notion a partnership was formed in 1783 under the name of the North - West Company , which proved a powerful ...
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... considered the possible connection between either Gael or Gaoll and the Wealh of the Anglo - Saxons , whence our modern Welsh and Wales , and which seems to be the same with the Wälsh , applied generally to foreigners by the modern ...
... considered the possible connection between either Gael or Gaoll and the Wealh of the Anglo - Saxons , whence our modern Welsh and Wales , and which seems to be the same with the Wälsh , applied generally to foreigners by the modern ...
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... considered to be derived from the same plant at different stages of its growth , but Dr. Ainslie , in his Materia Indica , ' insists upon the greater value of the lesser , as this is warmer and more fragrant , and therefore highly ...
... considered to be derived from the same plant at different stages of its growth , but Dr. Ainslie , in his Materia Indica , ' insists upon the greater value of the lesser , as this is warmer and more fragrant , and therefore highly ...
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Σελίδα 212 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
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