Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... species into tradition and mythology , and even incorporated them in straight attempts at the natural history of their own day . Pliny described an eagle , of which he wrote : " Lady Phœmonæ , who was supposed and said to be the ...
... species into tradition and mythology , and even incorporated them in straight attempts at the natural history of their own day . Pliny described an eagle , of which he wrote : " Lady Phœmonæ , who was supposed and said to be the ...
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... species when he asked : " Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt ? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? " King David , who said of himself , " My tongue is the pen of a ready writer , " unhesitatingly declared ...
... species when he asked : " Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt ? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? " King David , who said of himself , " My tongue is the pen of a ready writer , " unhesitatingly declared ...
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... species , rebellious in confinement , and quarrel- ling over perching - places or food . The Bible makes it quite evident that even in those early days people so loved the graceful motion and cheery songs of the birds that they ...
... species , rebellious in confinement , and quarrel- ling over perching - places or food . The Bible makes it quite evident that even in those early days people so loved the graceful motion and cheery songs of the birds that they ...
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... species were marvellous , but all that he said of bird life was extremely interesting . He had a very correct idea of the circulation of the blood of man , and his physiology . He sustained his points by extracts from Synnesis , a ...
... species were marvellous , but all that he said of bird life was extremely interesting . He had a very correct idea of the circulation of the blood of man , and his physiology . He sustained his points by extracts from Synnesis , a ...
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Gene Stratton-Porter. Undoubtedly this described a male and female of the same species . He gravely recorded that " horses delight in meadows and marshes , and drink dirty water ; and if it is clean , they first disturb it with their ...
Gene Stratton-Porter. Undoubtedly this described a male and female of the same species . He gravely recorded that " horses delight in meadows and marshes , and drink dirty water ; and if it is clean , they first disturb it with their ...
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