False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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... upon us , and in degree painful ; but we do not mean thereby that it has fingers to pinch , teeth to bite , or a sting like a bee , or wasp , or hornet . A Pelican as falsely described , A Pelican properly described 38.
... upon us , and in degree painful ; but we do not mean thereby that it has fingers to pinch , teeth to bite , or a sting like a bee , or wasp , or hornet . A Pelican as falsely described , A Pelican properly described 38.
Page 39
A Pelican as falsely described , A Pelican properly described . WRITERS have related strange ings of this bird , which the cred- ous have believed ; numbers have asserted , ' they fed their young with their own. 39.
A Pelican as falsely described , A Pelican properly described . WRITERS have related strange ings of this bird , which the cred- ous have believed ; numbers have asserted , ' they fed their young with their own. 39.
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... pelican is to carry provisions for a hungry brood , to remote pla ces , she has a bag of a large size , provided by Nature , for carrying it in . Here we may see the wisdom and goodness of the all - wise Creator , who has taught this ...
... pelican is to carry provisions for a hungry brood , to remote pla ces , she has a bag of a large size , provided by Nature , for carrying it in . Here we may see the wisdom and goodness of the all - wise Creator , who has taught this ...
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... Pelican , brought to England in the year 1745 , by Cap . tain Pelly , from the Cape of Good Hope . " The Pelican certainly is a good example to idle parents , who neglect to labour , and are not pro- vident for their offspring . FINIS ...
... Pelican , brought to England in the year 1745 , by Cap . tain Pelly , from the Cape of Good Hope . " The Pelican certainly is a good example to idle parents , who neglect to labour , and are not pro- vident for their offspring . FINIS ...
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