Gleanings from the Natural History of the AncientsE. Stock, 1896 - 258 páginas |
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Æneid againſt Alcinous alfo alſo ancient animal Ariſtotle Aulus Gellius beaſt becauſe Befides beſt birds boar breed Britain Britiſh Cæfar cauſe celebrated characteriſtic chariot chaſe Chimæra claffical cloſe creatures curious deſcribed dogges dogs domeftic Eaſt Egyptian elephant Engliſh eſcape eſpecially exiſtence fables facred faid fame faſhion fays feems feen fhews fifh fingular firft firſt fiſh fize flain fleſh flowers foffil fome fpecies ftill ftory fuch garden Greek Herodotus Hift himſelf Homer horfes horſes hounds houſe hunting Ibid Iliad iſland itſelf J. H. Burton juſt lion marvels moft monſters moſt muſt natural hiſtory neolithic Odyffey paffage pearls Perfian pleaſure Pliny poems poet poffeffed preſent purſue Pygmies repreſented reſemble rofes Roman Rome roſes round ſays ſeems ſeen Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſmall ſome ſpeaks ſtate ſtill ſtory thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tranflated uſed Virgil whoſe wild wild boar wolf wolves
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