The Quarterly Review, Volume 290William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1952 |
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Page 492
... owl of convention is very much of a myth , and even in rhyme the other side of his character has some- times been portrayed as , for example , the two wicked owls ' who supped at ' The ... barn owls of his district took. 492 BRITISH OWLS.
... owl of convention is very much of a myth , and even in rhyme the other side of his character has some- times been portrayed as , for example , the two wicked owls ' who supped at ' The ... barn owls of his district took. 492 BRITISH OWLS.
Page 493
... barn owl . Convention has not been so kind to the ' tawny , ' while the bad press that the little owl originally acquired- without justification as subsequent research proved- would have gone far to exterminate a less tenacious bird ...
... barn owl . Convention has not been so kind to the ' tawny , ' while the bad press that the little owl originally acquired- without justification as subsequent research proved- would have gone far to exterminate a less tenacious bird ...
Page 497
... owl's outlook appears to be different , for figuratively as well as literally he sees things through other eyes than those of normal birds . 6 Throughout this article I have frequently spoken of owls ' in a more or ... barn BRITISH OWLS 497.
... owl's outlook appears to be different , for figuratively as well as literally he sees things through other eyes than those of normal birds . 6 Throughout this article I have frequently spoken of owls ' in a more or ... barn BRITISH OWLS 497.
Contents
The Election in France and After | 1 |
The Foreign Office Documents 19191939 and the Archives of the German Foreign Office | 2 |
Bolingbroke and his Influence on English Politics | 3 |
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