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Page 523
... animals are endowed with human attributes and lan- guage . Sce BEAST FABLES . Fabliaux . Short verse stories of Old France 1150-1400 , ridiculing various classes , especially the priests and nobles . They came from the East , and are ...
... animals are endowed with human attributes and lan- guage . Sce BEAST FABLES . Fabliaux . Short verse stories of Old France 1150-1400 , ridiculing various classes , especially the priests and nobles . They came from the East , and are ...
Page 531
... animals mainly as a source of heat and of animal fat . Green fodder contains from 0.27 per cent in ensilaged rye fodder to 1.16 per cent in the soja bean , whole plant . Dry fodder con- tains from 1.24 per cent in maize fodder to 2.87 ...
... animals mainly as a source of heat and of animal fat . Green fodder contains from 0.27 per cent in ensilaged rye fodder to 1.16 per cent in the soja bean , whole plant . Dry fodder con- tains from 1.24 per cent in maize fodder to 2.87 ...
Page 532
... Animals of any region or period , collectively . Fauntleroy , HENRY , 1785-1824 . English banker , hanged for forgery . Faunus . Grandson of Saturn , protector of agriculture and of shepherds ; giver of oracles ; identified in later ...
... Animals of any region or period , collectively . Fauntleroy , HENRY , 1785-1824 . English banker , hanged for forgery . Faunus . Grandson of Saturn , protector of agriculture and of shepherds ; giver of oracles ; identified in later ...
Page 535
... animals by the agency of heat , moisture , and pressure . Beautifully - ornamented felted cloths have been made in Persia and Turkestan from very ancient times . Felt , JOSEPH BARLOW , LL.D. , 1789-1869 . Pres . New Eng . Hist . Soc ...
... animals by the agency of heat , moisture , and pressure . Beautifully - ornamented felted cloths have been made in Persia and Turkestan from very ancient times . Felt , JOSEPH BARLOW , LL.D. , 1789-1869 . Pres . New Eng . Hist . Soc ...
Page 536
... animals , as distinguished from the domestic . One can have only a qualified property in them ; i.e. , he is owner so long only as he has control of them . He is bound at his peril to keep them from doing mischief . Ferdausi , or ...
... animals , as distinguished from the domestic . One can have only a qualified property in them ; i.e. , he is owner so long only as he has control of them . He is bound at his peril to keep them from doing mischief . Ferdausi , or ...
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