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... land connected it with the Continent from Holland to Portugal . Even the veriest Red Radical like myself may well share John Mill's hope that the spread of agriculture and political economy may never succeed in improving these dear dumb ...
... land connected it with the Continent from Holland to Portugal . Even the veriest Red Radical like myself may well share John Mill's hope that the spread of agriculture and political economy may never succeed in improving these dear dumb ...
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... land , thus connecting the ganoid fishes with the transitional lepidosiren , and through it with the amphibious newts , frogs , and sala- manders . The unconscious black - fellow used to devour as barramunda , and the colonist used ...
... land , thus connecting the ganoid fishes with the transitional lepidosiren , and through it with the amphibious newts , frogs , and sala- manders . The unconscious black - fellow used to devour as barramunda , and the colonist used ...
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... a world where the sea swarmed with gigantic enaliosaurians and huge cetaceans , where the land was covered with deinotheria and mastodons , where all the birds were moas , all the lizards were croco- diles 72 VIGNETTES FROM NATURE .
... a world where the sea swarmed with gigantic enaliosaurians and huge cetaceans , where the land was covered with deinotheria and mastodons , where all the birds were moas , all the lizards were croco- diles 72 VIGNETTES FROM NATURE .
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... lands or on lands but recently united to the continents . Thus , the great fossil sloths , armadillos , and other edentates belong to the insular fauna of South America , where no higher mammals existed ; as soon as the mammalian types ...
... lands or on lands but recently united to the continents . Thus , the great fossil sloths , armadillos , and other edentates belong to the insular fauna of South America , where no higher mammals existed ; as soon as the mammalian types ...
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... land bush - flower has any close resemblance to the round balls of distorted blossoms that our gardeners and florists have been at so much pains to produce for the delectation of tasteless patrons . In this its native state the guelder ...
... land bush - flower has any close resemblance to the round balls of distorted blossoms that our gardeners and florists have been at so much pains to produce for the delectation of tasteless patrons . In this its native state the guelder ...
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Academy Notes adapted æsthetic ancestors animals attract Author beautiful bees BESANT and JAMES birds blossoms boulders BRET HARTE bright butterflies calyx capsule carp CHARLES GIBBON close cloth extra cloth gilt cloth limp colour creatures cromlech Crown 8vo cyprinoids deer Demy 8vo developed donkey earth Edited English Essay existence eyes Facsimile fauna fertilisation fish flora flowers fruit glacial glaciers guelder rose habit hedgehogs History insectivores insects JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE JULIAN HAWTHORNE JUSTIN MCCARTHY leaves living Llyn Gwernant look LYNN LINTON MACQUOID mammalian mammals moths mountain natural nettle numerous Illustrations once original OUIDA peculiar petals pimpernel pistil plants Poems Pole pollen Portrait Post 8vo pretty primitive red campion seeds selection side Small 8vo specialised species Square 8vo stamens stem Stories survive tertiary tion tribe tropical trout veronica Vols W. H. MALLOCK waders WALTER BESANT weeds whole WILKIE COLLINS woodland loosestrife woodrush
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