10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOPKNOTTED»
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topknotted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
topknotted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
I have recently described the three breeds of crested or topknotted fowls,
commonly known in this country, namely, the Persian or Turkish, the St. Jago or
beardless Polands, and the Hamburg or bearded Polish. There is, however,
another ...
2
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
Mr. Brent 4' measured one of the latter and found it eight inches in length, whilst
the wild canary is only five and a quarter inches long. There are topknotted
canaries, and it is a singular fact, that, if two topknotted birds are matched, the
young, ...
3
Painting Faith: Li Gonglin and Northern Song Buddhist Culture
In addition to these two references to huafo in Manjusrfs crown, another sutra
requires that five topknots of the eight-topknotted Mafijusrl if of Wenshu) be
placed at the front above the forehead, one on top of the head, and one on each
side of ...
4
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Some travellers, he says, declare that all the Mexican hens are topknotted. These
, he observes, bite all the others of America, have been transported thither by
man, and came originally from the old continent. He adds that the race of tufted or
...
5
Romance, Family, and Nation in Japanese Colonial Literature
The day after a classmate sees Tarō eating noodles with his topknotted father at
the market, Tarō arrives at school to discover that his secret has been revealed.
Then, Tarō could hear Matsuda's dramatic retelling of the previous day's events.
Not far from Cotulla we ran onto several coveys of the topknotted quail peculiar to
the border country. That called for a switch from the .240 PSP rifle to a scattergun.
In the rush I put on the wrong barrels, the open-choked pair, alas, so the end ...
7
Shadows Past: A Borderlands Novel
the lord commander asked, frowning. “Yes, sir,” Suiden said quietly. He took a
deep, shuddering breath and let it out. “I see you, Daughter.” Several men had
pushed through the crowd to stand with Princess Rajya, all with dark skin,
topknotted ...
8
Encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches, Including Crewel
... (half cross) Tête de bœuf(head ofthebull) Thorn, Threaded back Threaded
running Threesided Tied herringbone Topknotted buttonhole Trellis couching (
Jacobean couching) Triple closed buttonhole Triple closed reversed buttonhole
Tufted ...
9
Japanese Perceptions of China in the Nineteenth Century: ...
Westerners (Dutch, Italian, Russian, Belgian, and American) as musicians; and
on the bottom tier, in place of servants, were a topknotted Korean and a pigtailed
Chinese. The cartoon was a mandala (stylized pictorial representation) of world ...
... almost between its legs. The concrete walls of the ditch in the foreground are
camouflaged to resemble natural stone. This is a poor reproduction of the tiger's
Asiatic habitat. TopknOtted CrOWn Cranes, whose natural habitat is the hot, wet.
