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... material but by importation of equine material from these shores . Good stallions and mares have been sent to Germany , France , & c . in order that these countries might grow for us the very commodity we wanted and which we refused to ...
... material but by importation of equine material from these shores . Good stallions and mares have been sent to Germany , France , & c . in order that these countries might grow for us the very commodity we wanted and which we refused to ...
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... such performances . And it is this breed which we are much in want of and which the foreigner , from British material has supplied , and consequently Incentives to the breeding of utility horses on the continent THE HORSE . 9.
... such performances . And it is this breed which we are much in want of and which the foreigner , from British material has supplied , and consequently Incentives to the breeding of utility horses on the continent THE HORSE . 9.
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... material to which the greater quality combinations effected by Arabs was afterwards introduced . The history of the past cannot lead us to agree with Admiral Rous in his asser- tion that the thorough - breds of to - day have descended ...
... material to which the greater quality combinations effected by Arabs was afterwards introduced . The history of the past cannot lead us to agree with Admiral Rous in his asser- tion that the thorough - breds of to - day have descended ...
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... materials not so good as our own , on the one side , and with ours on the other , for which he does not hesitate to pay a large figure , it needs no explanation from me to make manifest a national suicidal policy . Our home - bred ...
... materials not so good as our own , on the one side , and with ours on the other , for which he does not hesitate to pay a large figure , it needs no explanation from me to make manifest a national suicidal policy . Our home - bred ...
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... material form could be convenient only to some knight of the times when armour was worn in the field , and men were stronger in the arm than they are now . It is a handsome volume . The size of the book is doubtless due to the ...
... material form could be convenient only to some knight of the times when armour was worn in the field , and men were stronger in the arm than they are now . It is a handsome volume . The size of the book is doubtless due to the ...
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