Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States and the Antilles ... 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 ...Macmillan and Company, 1879 - 520 páginas |
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... live until the following day , his great strength of constitution , aided by his simple mode of life , enabled him to conquer in the struggle . As if to add to the terrors of the time , earthquakes followed the plague , and every one ...
... live until the following day , his great strength of constitution , aided by his simple mode of life , enabled him to conquer in the struggle . As if to add to the terrors of the time , earthquakes followed the plague , and every one ...
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... live as chastely as a hermit , and give his all to the poor . " It was eccentric to come into a large estate as young man and to have lived to extreme old age with- out having wasted an hour or a shilling . It was eccentric to give ...
... live as chastely as a hermit , and give his all to the poor . " It was eccentric to come into a large estate as young man and to have lived to extreme old age with- out having wasted an hour or a shilling . It was eccentric to give ...
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... lives of these valuable and ornamental birds sacrificed to the whims and caprices of man . " A portion of one of these now dry fish - ponds may be seen in the illustration of the " Grotto , " on page 68. On such a rich soil as that ...
... lives of these valuable and ornamental birds sacrificed to the whims and caprices of man . " A portion of one of these now dry fish - ponds may be seen in the illustration of the " Grotto , " on page 68. On such a rich soil as that ...
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... live wood . ' Trees , in general , are exposed to decay by two different processes , independent of old age . The first is that of a broken branch , which , when neglected , or not cut off close to the parent stem , will , in the course ...
... live wood . ' Trees , in general , are exposed to decay by two different processes , independent of old age . The first is that of a broken branch , which , when neglected , or not cut off close to the parent stem , will , in the course ...
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... the tainted wood beneath it yields to their pointed bills , with which they soon effect a spacious cavity . " Here , then , we have the whole mystery unfolded . These birds , which never perforate the live wood , find 52 222 BIOGRAPHY .
... the tainted wood beneath it yields to their pointed bills , with which they soon effect a spacious cavity . " Here , then , we have the whole mystery unfolded . These birds , which never perforate the live wood , find 52 222 BIOGRAPHY .
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