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What makes a tuft of feathers come on a cock's head, or moss on a moss-rose?
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
2
The witness cuts off a cock's head, and prays that he may be so treated if he speaks falsely.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
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"Would you cut off a cock's head to that?"
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither