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... remarkable severity of his own morals , and by the oppo- sition which he gave to all luxury and dissipation . He wrote several works , some fragments of which only remain , under the titles of Origines and De Re Rustica . The latter is ...
... remarkable severity of his own morals , and by the oppo- sition which he gave to all luxury and dissipation . He wrote several works , some fragments of which only remain , under the titles of Origines and De Re Rustica . The latter is ...
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... remarkable , we shall proceed to the sub- ject of fallowing . Fallowing constituted a most important part of Roman agri- culture , and was thought an essential preparation for almost every crop , their usual rotation being a crop and On ...
... remarkable , we shall proceed to the sub- ject of fallowing . Fallowing constituted a most important part of Roman agri- culture , and was thought an essential preparation for almost every crop , their usual rotation being a crop and On ...
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... remarkable species of the horse tribe - the ze- bra and the quagga , at one time regarded as varieties of the same animal , because they were occasionally seen to pasture in company , but now ascertained to be quite distinct . The im ...
... remarkable species of the horse tribe - the ze- bra and the quagga , at one time regarded as varieties of the same animal , because they were occasionally seen to pasture in company , but now ascertained to be quite distinct . The im ...
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... remarkable for what may be termed a na- tural system of military tactics . According to Azzara , those magnificent troops of insurgent horses ( Alzados ) which have become wild in the plains of America , to the south of the Rio de la ...
... remarkable for what may be termed a na- tural system of military tactics . According to Azzara , those magnificent troops of insurgent horses ( Alzados ) which have become wild in the plains of America , to the south of the Rio de la ...
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... remarkable for strength , beauty , swiftness , and every other attribute of a perfect horse ; but this is rather to be attributed to the wealth , perseverance , and peculiar fancies of the English nation , than to any natural advantages ...
... remarkable for strength , beauty , swiftness , and every other attribute of a perfect horse ; but this is rather to be attributed to the wealth , perseverance , and peculiar fancies of the English nation , than to any natural advantages ...
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Page 671 - There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 145 - THERE is a wonderful spirit of sociality in the brute creation, independent of sexual attachment: the congregating of gregarious birds in the winter is a remarkable instance. Many horses, though quiet with company, will not stay one minute in a field by themselves : the strongest fences cannot restrain them. My neighbour's horse...
Page 145 - These two incongruous animals spent much of their time together in a lonely orchard, where they saw no creature but each other. By degrees an apparent regard began to take place between these two sequestered individuals. The fowl would approach the quadruped with notes of complacency, rubbing herself gently against his legs ; while the horse would look down with satisfaction, and move with the greatest caution and circumspection, lest he should trample on his diminutive companion.
Page 145 - The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of Nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
Page 146 - Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms; the former because they render their walks unsightly and make them much work: and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation; and consequently sterile...
Page 879 - And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Page 145 - Lands that are subject to frequent inundations are always poor ; and probably the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the oeconomy of nature, than the incurious are aware of...
Page 880 - ... saw a pointer. When she came on the cold scent of game, she slackened her trot, and gradually dropped her ears and tail, till she was certain, and then fell down on her knees. So staunch was she, that she would frequently remain five minutes and upwards on her point.
Page 307 - ... object of their operations, I have found many heads of plantains, the little autumnal dandelions, and other plants, drawn out of the ground and scattered about, their roots having been eaten off by a grub, leaving only a crown of leaves upon the surface. This grub beneath, in the earth, the rooks had detected in their flight, and descended to feed on it. first pulling up the plant which concealed it, and then drawing the larvae from their holes.
Page 146 - For, to say nothing of half the .birds, >and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it, and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm- casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...