A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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... natural inclination to this fault , in making demi - volts . ACUPUNCTURATION . Some writers think it has a galvanic influ- ence on the nerves . See Churchill's Treatise on Acupuncture . ACUPUNCTURE . The opera- tion common among the ...
... natural inclination to this fault , in making demi - volts . ACUPUNCTURATION . Some writers think it has a galvanic influ- ence on the nerves . See Churchill's Treatise on Acupuncture . ACUPUNCTURE . The opera- tion common among the ...
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... natural weapons , even before these weapons are formed . Vipers feed on frogs , lizards , mice , toads , and young birds : they are capable of enduring very long absti- nence , and appear to live occasion- ally on those well known ...
... natural weapons , even before these weapons are formed . Vipers feed on frogs , lizards , mice , toads , and young birds : they are capable of enduring very long absti- nence , and appear to live occasion- ally on those well known ...
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... natural disposition of the horse , which makes him rise with obedience , measure , and exact- ness of time . AIR GUN . Of all weapons , this is the most dangerous , and the best advice I can give the young ones , is never on any pretext ...
... natural disposition of the horse , which makes him rise with obedience , measure , and exact- ness of time . AIR GUN . Of all weapons , this is the most dangerous , and the best advice I can give the young ones , is never on any pretext ...
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... natural evacuations . The following diately or immediately of the king . Lords paramount of manors were anciently styled allodarii . of gross habit . Alteratives not only keep off inflammatory. ALEXIS . A chestnut colt , foaled 1770 ...
... natural evacuations . The following diately or immediately of the king . Lords paramount of manors were anciently styled allodarii . of gross habit . Alteratives not only keep off inflammatory. ALEXIS . A chestnut colt , foaled 1770 ...
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... natural science is close and indissoluble , requiring an ac- quaintance with the habits of a considerable tribe of created beings , fishes and the animals they prey upon ; with a knowledge of the na- ture of water and of the atmosphere ...
... natural science is close and indissoluble , requiring an ac- quaintance with the habits of a considerable tribe of created beings , fishes and the animals they prey upon ; with a knowledge of the na- ture of water and of the atmosphere ...
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