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... body of their mother , sets them in the furrows ; another buries the stocks in the ground , and stakes split in four , and poles with the wood sharpened to a point ; and some trees expect the bent - down arches of a layer , 1 The term ...
... body of their mother , sets them in the furrows ; another buries the stocks in the ground , and stakes split in four , and poles with the wood sharpened to a point ; and some trees expect the bent - down arches of a layer , 1 The term ...
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... body , nourishes all her offspring . Then the retired brakes resound with tuneful birds ; and the herds renew their loves on the stated days . Then bounteous earth is teeming to the birth , and the fields open their bosoms to the warm ...
... body , nourishes all her offspring . Then the retired brakes resound with tuneful birds ; and the herds renew their loves on the stated days . Then bounteous earth is teeming to the birth , and the fields open their bosoms to the warm ...
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... bodies of the mothers . The stern - eyed heifer's form is best , whose head is disproportionately large , whose neck is brawny , and whose dew - laps hang from the chin down to the legs . Then there is no measure in her length of side ...
... bodies of the mothers . The stern - eyed heifer's form is best , whose head is disproportionately large , whose neck is brawny , and whose dew - laps hang from the chin down to the legs . Then there is no measure in her length of side ...
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... bodies grow with fattening mash ; for , [ if full fed ] before breaking them in , they will swell their mettle high , and when seized , refuse to bear the limber whip , and to obey the hard curb . But no industry more confirms their ...
... bodies grow with fattening mash ; for , [ if full fed ] before breaking them in , they will swell their mettle high , and when seized , refuse to bear the limber whip , and to obey the hard curb . But no industry more confirms their ...
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... body , if his smell has but sucked in the well - known gales ? And now neither bridles of men , nor cruel whips , nor cliffs , nor hollow rocks , and opposed rivers that whirl with the torrent even mountains swept away , can retard him ...
... body , if his smell has but sucked in the well - known gales ? And now neither bridles of men , nor cruel whips , nor cliffs , nor hollow rocks , and opposed rivers that whirl with the torrent even mountains swept away , can retard him ...
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