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... contain much knowledge of living crea- tures obtained from actual observation . But his works5 also include a great ... contains much unscientific popular ani- mal lore and embodies most of what was known or thought about animals in the ...
... contain much knowledge of living crea- tures obtained from actual observation . But his works5 also include a great ... contains much unscientific popular ani- mal lore and embodies most of what was known or thought about animals in the ...
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... contain nu- merous drawings , many of which are fairly accurate , of the creatures discussed . Though Topsell made ... contains The Historie of Serpents , which in the style of its contents is much like The Historie of Foure - Footed ...
... contain nu- merous drawings , many of which are fairly accurate , of the creatures discussed . Though Topsell made ... contains The Historie of Serpents , which in the style of its contents is much like The Historie of Foure - Footed ...
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... contains a fairly large number of conventional animal references of the familiar type . Flatterers are compared to apes that imitate what they see in people , 145 to vultures that stoop only where they smell prey , 146 to moths that eat ...
... contains a fairly large number of conventional animal references of the familiar type . Flatterers are compared to apes that imitate what they see in people , 145 to vultures that stoop only where they smell prey , 146 to moths that eat ...
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