Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States and the Antilles ... 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 ...Macmillan and Company, 1879 - 520페이지 |
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... seems to have inclined to the severe order of dis- cipline , and to have been rather liberal of the birch , of which instrument Waterton had his full share . His account of storming the larder for the support of hungry inmates ; of the ...
... seems to have inclined to the severe order of dis- cipline , and to have been rather liberal of the birch , of which instrument Waterton had his full share . His account of storming the larder for the support of hungry inmates ; of the ...
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... seem instinc- tively to dread . But , as there was a public pathway run- ning in front of the house , he had great difficulty in obtaining permission to close it . This object , however . was at last attained , and he then began his ...
... seem instinc- tively to dread . But , as there was a public pathway run- ning in front of the house , he had great difficulty in obtaining permission to close it . This object , however . was at last attained , and he then began his ...
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... seem to lessen the number of rats in the brook ; but soon after the herons had settled here to breed , the rats became extremely scarce ; and now I rarely see one in the place , where formerly I could observe numbers sitting on the ...
... seem to lessen the number of rats in the brook ; but soon after the herons had settled here to breed , the rats became extremely scarce ; and now I rarely see one in the place , where formerly I could observe numbers sitting on the ...
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... seem a remarkable one , but Waterton was never affected by heights , and the man who had scrambled up the cross of St. Peter's at Rome , climbed the lightning conductor , and stood with one foot on the head of the colossal angel of St ...
... seem a remarkable one , but Waterton was never affected by heights , and the man who had scrambled up the cross of St. Peter's at Rome , climbed the lightning conductor , and stood with one foot on the head of the colossal angel of St ...
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... he gradually came to consider it as a fact . The yew fur- nishes harborage for many birds , which after all do not seem to suffer much from four - footed enemies . The well - known yew - hedge in the garden of BIOGRAPHY . 63.
... he gradually came to consider it as a fact . The yew fur- nishes harborage for many birds , which after all do not seem to suffer much from four - footed enemies . The well - known yew - hedge in the garden of BIOGRAPHY . 63.
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