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... round , the bird being completely hidden ; the beetle then makes a hole in the still loose earth , and having buried ... round and round above it , like a vulture over the putrefying carcass of some giant of the forest . The female ...
... round , the bird being completely hidden ; the beetle then makes a hole in the still loose earth , and having buried ... round and round above it , like a vulture over the putrefying carcass of some giant of the forest . The female ...
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... round red orb hath reached the horizon's brim , Shooting its crimson flames ere all be dim ; Across the broad sands gleams the living fire , Quivering , like hope , around each rocky spire . These glories change , as lower sinks the ...
... round red orb hath reached the horizon's brim , Shooting its crimson flames ere all be dim ; Across the broad sands gleams the living fire , Quivering , like hope , around each rocky spire . These glories change , as lower sinks the ...
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... round a tolerably large rock that obstructed its pas- sage ; in doing this , it partly raised itself above the ... round as a serpent's , was about two feet in diameter . The tail seemed to be very round . The head was about as long as a ...
... round a tolerably large rock that obstructed its pas- sage ; in doing this , it partly raised itself above the ... round as a serpent's , was about two feet in diameter . The tail seemed to be very round . The head was about as long as a ...
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