The Living Age, Volume 87E. Littell & Company, 1865 |
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... live on the ground . The Galli- naceous birds of the country , the representa- tives of the fowls and pheasants of Asia and Africa , are all adapted by the position of the toes to perch on trees , and it is only on trees , at a great ...
... live on the ground . The Galli- naceous birds of the country , the representa- tives of the fowls and pheasants of Asia and Africa , are all adapted by the position of the toes to perch on trees , and it is only on trees , at a great ...
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... Live and let live is clearly not the maxim taught in these wilder- nesses . There is one kind of parasitic tree very common near Pará , which exhibits this feature in a very prominent manner . It is called the Sipó Matador , or the ...
... Live and let live is clearly not the maxim taught in these wilder- nesses . There is one kind of parasitic tree very common near Pará , which exhibits this feature in a very prominent manner . It is called the Sipó Matador , or the ...
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... lives in London , and who will take you away , so that I shall never see you again ? " " Dear papa ; — don't speak of it in that way . I thought you would be glad to know that I was to be so - so - so happy ! " - " But why is it to be ...
... lives in London , and who will take you away , so that I shall never see you again ? " " Dear papa ; — don't speak of it in that way . I thought you would be glad to know that I was to be so - so - so happy ! " - " But why is it to be ...
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... live on then ? Come , Clara , we needn't quarrel about that . I've no doubt he's charming , and beautiful , and " — " He isn't beautiful at all ; and as for charming " He has charmed you at any rate . " " He has made me believe that I ...
... live on then ? Come , Clara , we needn't quarrel about that . I've no doubt he's charming , and beautiful , and " — " He isn't beautiful at all ; and as for charming " He has charmed you at any rate . " " He has made me believe that I ...
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... live for except that she may have a home . " On this subject it was quite impossible that Belton should say anything . Clara was standing by him , and she , as he knew , was engaged to Captain Aylmer . So cir- cumstanced , what could he ...
... live for except that she may have a home . " On this subject it was quite impossible that Belton should say anything . Clara was standing by him , and she , as he knew , was engaged to Captain Aylmer . So cir- cumstanced , what could he ...
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