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... suppose a stone to improve itself into an oak , and a horse into a man , & c . , from the simple expression of one group leading through another , and passing into a third ; which of course only signifies that one group has an affinity ...
... suppose a stone to improve itself into an oak , and a horse into a man , & c . , from the simple expression of one group leading through another , and passing into a third ; which of course only signifies that one group has an affinity ...
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... suppose the author would call " the more interesting species . " Animated Nature , or Elements of the Natural History of Animals . Illustrated by Short Histories and Anecdotes ; and intended to afford a Popular View of the Linnæan ...
... suppose the author would call " the more interesting species . " Animated Nature , or Elements of the Natural History of Animals . Illustrated by Short Histories and Anecdotes ; and intended to afford a Popular View of the Linnæan ...
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... suppose it to be a cross between a man and some of the Si- miade ( Monkey family ) -conjecture , however , is of little use in this case , and Mr. Waterton has hitherto kept the real state of the case an entire secret , which has only ...
... suppose it to be a cross between a man and some of the Si- miade ( Monkey family ) -conjecture , however , is of little use in this case , and Mr. Waterton has hitherto kept the real state of the case an entire secret , which has only ...
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... suppose , that when this had once pervaded the frame , nothing on earth could save the unhappy creature . The mere heal- ing of the external wound could clearly be of no avail . We wish it , however , to be distinctly un- derstood that ...
... suppose , that when this had once pervaded the frame , nothing on earth could save the unhappy creature . The mere heal- ing of the external wound could clearly be of no avail . We wish it , however , to be distinctly un- derstood that ...
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... suppose that the insects also choose the choicest trees for their depredations ? and that the Hedge Coalhoods are chiefly observed on these on account of the num- bers of noxious insects or caterpillars lodged in the buds ? We think ...
... suppose that the insects also choose the choicest trees for their depredations ? and that the Hedge Coalhoods are chiefly observed on these on account of the num- bers of noxious insects or caterpillars lodged in the buds ? We think ...
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