The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects..Charles Knight, 1831 |
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... never lay down . In a very curious spe- cimen of our early natural history , " The Dialogues of Creatures Moralyzed , " mention is made of " the olefawnte that boweth not the knees . " In an old play printed in 1633 , a woman is ...
... never lay down . In a very curious spe- cimen of our early natural history , " The Dialogues of Creatures Moralyzed , " mention is made of " the olefawnte that boweth not the knees . " In an old play printed in 1633 , a woman is ...
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... never more would join his master in his revelries . An affecting instance of the force of habitual obedience was presented by Chuni , the famous elephant who was shot at Exeter Change . In the greatest access of his fury , when bullets ...
... never more would join his master in his revelries . An affecting instance of the force of habitual obedience was presented by Chuni , the famous elephant who was shot at Exeter Change . In the greatest access of his fury , when bullets ...
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... never forget the impression . It is difficult to convey in a brief notice an adequate idea of such a scene ; but if the reader will , in imagination , accom- pany me on a short excursion into the wilderness , I shall endeavour to shew ...
... never forget the impression . It is difficult to convey in a brief notice an adequate idea of such a scene ; but if the reader will , in imagination , accom- pany me on a short excursion into the wilderness , I shall endeavour to shew ...
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... never yet traversed by a wheel - carriage , and great part of it , indeed , in- accessible even on horseback , except for the aid of these powerful and sagacious animals . In such places ( as the Hottentots assured me ) the great bull ...
... never yet traversed by a wheel - carriage , and great part of it , indeed , in- accessible even on horseback , except for the aid of these powerful and sagacious animals . In such places ( as the Hottentots assured me ) the great bull ...
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... never heard of more than one elephant whose height much exceeded ten feet . This was a male belonging to the late Vizier of Oude . His dimensions , as accurately measured , were as follow : From foot to foot , over the shoulder , ft ...
... never heard of more than one elephant whose height much exceeded ten feet . This was a male belonging to the late Vizier of Oude . His dimensions , as accurately measured , were as follow : From foot to foot , over the shoulder , ft ...
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