Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club1898 |
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... probably became extinct in Britain before the end of the 10th century . The wild boar abounds in France , not merely in wild countries , like the district of the Vosges , but even in Normandy , where its ravages , were they not well ...
... probably became extinct in Britain before the end of the 10th century . The wild boar abounds in France , not merely in wild countries , like the district of the Vosges , but even in Normandy , where its ravages , were they not well ...
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... probably belong to a different class , of which there have been several instances in the course of the past twenty years , and of which the well - known storm of March , 1876 , was a specimen . If we draw two lines , one starting at ...
... probably belong to a different class , of which there have been several instances in the course of the past twenty years , and of which the well - known storm of March , 1876 , was a specimen . If we draw two lines , one starting at ...
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... probably those of a cell attached to the Priory of Ledbury . From Mainstone Court the carriages were driven to Munsley Church , where another paper , descriptive of the edifice , was read by the Rev. Michael Hopton - the incumbent . As ...
... probably those of a cell attached to the Priory of Ledbury . From Mainstone Court the carriages were driven to Munsley Church , where another paper , descriptive of the edifice , was read by the Rev. Michael Hopton - the incumbent . As ...
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... probably scarcely be credited - but it is nevertheless true - that the steel stays of a child were marked , and the boots of another were rent , as they sat in the gallery during the same electrical disturbance , though no serious ...
... probably scarcely be credited - but it is nevertheless true - that the steel stays of a child were marked , and the boots of another were rent , as they sat in the gallery during the same electrical disturbance , though no serious ...
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... probably at bottom " Vrekon , " the same word as " Wrekin , " a hill which is visible five miles away . " Uriconium " seems a mere variant . Next ( after the analogy of Exeter from " ' Exanceaster " ) in Saxon times it became ...
... probably at bottom " Vrekon , " the same word as " Wrekin , " a hill which is visible five miles away . " Uriconium " seems a mere variant . Next ( after the analogy of Exeter from " ' Exanceaster " ) in Saxon times it became ...
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Page 21 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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Page 3 - Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers from the most prominent part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant point at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should be taken to keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there with the fingers, while the other extremity is searching for the maximum projection of the head behind. Breadth of Cranium. — The maximum breadth of head, which is usually about the level of the top of the...
Page 218 - Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Page 71 - King William II., surnamed Rufus, being slain, as before related, was laid in a cart belonging to one Purkess, and drawn from hence to Winchester, and buried in the cathedral church of that city.
Page 8 - Conference may also discuss propositions bearing on the promotion of more systematic observation and plans of operation, and of greater uniformity in the mode of publishing results. Local Committees. Local Committees shall be formed by the Officers of the Association to assist in making arrangements for the Meetings. Local Committees shall have the power of adding to their numbers those Members of the Association whose assistance they may desire.
Page 194 - HEREFORDIENSIS: containing coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of HEREFORDSHIRE ; with such new Fruits as have been found to possess superior Excellence, accompanied with a descriptive Account of each Variety.
Page 34 - A land of old upheaven from the abyss By fire, to sink into the abyss again; Where fragments of forgotten peoples dwelt, And the long mountains ended in a coast Of ever shifting sand, and far away The phantom circle of a moaning sea.
Page 137 - It was the English," Kaspar cried, " That put the French to rout ; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out.
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