The North British Review, Том 19W.P. Kennedy, 1853 |
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... same rock , or otherwise near each other , there seems to be a kind of compro- mise or truce established , and it is only the unknown and suspected stranger that is persecuted . affinity . Why should not animals use stratagem in defence.
... same rock , or otherwise near each other , there seems to be a kind of compro- mise or truce established , and it is only the unknown and suspected stranger that is persecuted . affinity . Why should not animals use stratagem in defence.
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... seem the most to share with others , have their foundational spring in selfishness ; and that , whenever a " wise consideration " is resolved on , it is usually put in practice rather for our own behoof than that of our neighbours . The ...
... seem the most to share with others , have their foundational spring in selfishness ; and that , whenever a " wise consideration " is resolved on , it is usually put in practice rather for our own behoof than that of our neighbours . The ...
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... seems to have been reciprocal . " The oyster - catcher , " he narrates , " will not only take to the water when wounded , but can also swim and dive well . This fact I can assert from my own observation , the exploits of one of them in ...
... seems to have been reciprocal . " The oyster - catcher , " he narrates , " will not only take to the water when wounded , but can also swim and dive well . This fact I can assert from my own observation , the exploits of one of them in ...
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... seem on well - nigh the same level with their interlaced and twisted roots , washed bare on the bank edge by the winter floods . A colony of herons has built from time immemorial among the branches . There are trees so laden with nests ...
... seem on well - nigh the same level with their interlaced and twisted roots , washed bare on the bank edge by the winter floods . A colony of herons has built from time immemorial among the branches . There are trees so laden with nests ...
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... seem to have been frequent in our own country , even in ancient times , though no doubt formerly better known than now . Sir Thomas Browne , who died in 1682 , records having seen it in the fens , and refers to its having been killed ...
... seem to have been frequent in our own country , even in ancient times , though no doubt formerly better known than now . Sir Thomas Browne , who died in 1682 , records having seen it in the fens , and refers to its having been killed ...
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