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... birds , beasts , and reptiles at liberty in the places they frequented before they were caught and caged : the white bear on his icebergs ; the wolf amid the northern snow ; the lion in the desert sand ; the tiger in the jungle ; the ...
... birds , beasts , and reptiles at liberty in the places they frequented before they were caught and caged : the white bear on his icebergs ; the wolf amid the northern snow ; the lion in the desert sand ; the tiger in the jungle ; the ...
Page 51
... birds . Who would think of going a birds - nesting in Cheapside ? The Mansion House towers above the surround- ing houses . Guildhall and the India House I cannot discern . The Mint appears to great advantage , and the Tower and the ...
... birds . Who would think of going a birds - nesting in Cheapside ? The Mansion House towers above the surround- ing houses . Guildhall and the India House I cannot discern . The Mint appears to great advantage , and the Tower and the ...
Page 55
... birds and beasts of all parts of the world are put in requisition , to render the entertainment complete . The varied tastes , as well as dispositions of the visitors , are plainly developed . One gazes on the plumage of the feathered ...
... birds and beasts of all parts of the world are put in requisition , to render the entertainment complete . The varied tastes , as well as dispositions of the visitors , are plainly developed . One gazes on the plumage of the feathered ...
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... birds ; and their unrepressed raptures at the tricks of the monkey tribe ; take us back again to the days of our childhood . We cannot look at the lion without thinking of Africa , and desert sands , and crocodiles , and snakes , and ...
... birds ; and their unrepressed raptures at the tricks of the monkey tribe ; take us back again to the days of our childhood . We cannot look at the lion without thinking of Africa , and desert sands , and crocodiles , and snakes , and ...
Page 58
... birds , and the animals , all are attractive . I could stand on this bench for an hour . I have given a nut or two to the red and yellow , and the red and blue macaws . How they climb their cage , holding the wires with their crooked ...
... birds , and the animals , all are attractive . I could stand on this bench for an hour . I have given a nut or two to the red and yellow , and the red and blue macaws . How they climb their cage , holding the wires with their crooked ...
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