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... become a glowing mass , from which rays of light and heat spread in every direction ; while the cheerful appearance of a bright glowing fire must be felt by every one . Where an opportunity occurs of altering a fireplace , its ...
... become a glowing mass , from which rays of light and heat spread in every direction ; while the cheerful appearance of a bright glowing fire must be felt by every one . Where an opportunity occurs of altering a fireplace , its ...
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... becoming dry and withered . Plants in rooms always require a great deal more water than plants in a greenhouse , to counteract the dry atmosphere of a living - room ; and when practicable they should be set out in the rain , or syringed ...
... becoming dry and withered . Plants in rooms always require a great deal more water than plants in a greenhouse , to counteract the dry atmosphere of a living - room ; and when practicable they should be set out in the rain , or syringed ...
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... different heights for the bird to perch on . Parrots , macaws , and cockatoos thrive best on a pole with a stand at the bottom for sand , as their tail and wing feathers generally become ragged when they are 24 BOOK I. THE HOUSE .
... different heights for the bird to perch on . Parrots , macaws , and cockatoos thrive best on a pole with a stand at the bottom for sand , as their tail and wing feathers generally become ragged when they are 24 BOOK I. THE HOUSE .
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Jane Loudon. tail and wing feathers generally become ragged when they are kept in a cage . Some grey parrots and blue macaws are very apt to pull out their breast feathers ; but this is the result of a disease brought on by eating too ...
Jane Loudon. tail and wing feathers generally become ragged when they are kept in a cage . Some grey parrots and blue macaws are very apt to pull out their breast feathers ; but this is the result of a disease brought on by eating too ...
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... becomes streaked with gold or silver ; the metallic hue increasing every year , till the black finally disappears . As you are fond of having flowers in your room , and as your present garden is so far from your house , you will perhaps ...
... becomes streaked with gold or silver ; the metallic hue increasing every year , till the black finally disappears . As you are fond of having flowers in your room , and as your present garden is so far from your house , you will perhaps ...
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Pagina 9 - Our morning's a round of good-humoured delight, And we rattle, in comfort, to pleasure at night. In the country, how sprightly our visits we make Through ten miles of mud, for Formality's sake ! With the coachman in drink, and the moon in a fog, And no thought in our head but a ditch or a bog.
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Pagina 147 - To make a rich cream cheese, without rennet, take any quantity of cream and put it into a wet cloth ; tie it up, and hang it in a cool place for seven or eight days. Then take it from the cloth, and put it into a mould, in another cloth, with a weight upon it, for two or three days longer. Turn it twice a day, and it will soon be fit for use.
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