The Quarterly Review, Volumes 241-242William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1924 |
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... means of carrying them into effect . In this they have succeeded in a great measure , and important reduc- tions by most of the Signatory Powers have been made , not only in their standing armies and armaments , but also in the ...
... means of carrying them into effect . In this they have succeeded in a great measure , and important reduc- tions by most of the Signatory Powers have been made , not only in their standing armies and armaments , but also in the ...
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... means exting as yet , however , and in certain favoured localities , the even hold their own . Among the Dartmoor birds , regret to say , there has been a marked decrease withi the last two years . Many there can remember the tim when ...
... means exting as yet , however , and in certain favoured localities , the even hold their own . Among the Dartmoor birds , regret to say , there has been a marked decrease withi the last two years . Many there can remember the tim when ...
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... means of which whole packs are destroyed by poachers human and furred . It was told to me by an old moor guide of unimpeach- able veracity , from whom I have heard many strange tales of the woodcraft practised long ago when game ...
... means of which whole packs are destroyed by poachers human and furred . It was told to me by an old moor guide of unimpeach- able veracity , from whom I have heard many strange tales of the woodcraft practised long ago when game ...
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... means - discloses himself they dash up the narrowing passage with all the reckless abandonment of the mallard . But when all too soon the end is reached . and the meshes of the fateful funnel net obstruct their further passage , then ...
... means - discloses himself they dash up the narrowing passage with all the reckless abandonment of the mallard . But when all too soon the end is reached . and the meshes of the fateful funnel net obstruct their further passage , then ...
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... means that the exasperate animal is facing its tormentors . The clamour increases and one can imagine the birds , emboldened by numbers and growing more excited every moment , closing i upon their enemy . Then suddenly there is a ver ...
... means that the exasperate animal is facing its tormentors . The clamour increases and one can imagine the birds , emboldened by numbers and growing more excited every moment , closing i upon their enemy . Then suddenly there is a ver ...
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