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... Animal , Vegetable , and Mineral Substances in Common Use . Second Edition , revised . 18mo , cloth , Is . 6d . ' A little encyclopædia of useful knowledge , deserving a place in every juvenile library .'- Evangelical Magazine ...
... Animal , Vegetable , and Mineral Substances in Common Use . Second Edition , revised . 18mo , cloth , Is . 6d . ' A little encyclopædia of useful knowledge , deserving a place in every juvenile library .'- Evangelical Magazine ...
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... animals too , are divided into families or groups , of kinds or sorts that most resemble each other in some one or more of their parts . These families are again divided into those that are most alike in many respects , and these again ...
... animals too , are divided into families or groups , of kinds or sorts that most resemble each other in some one or more of their parts . These families are again divided into those that are most alike in many respects , and these again ...
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... animals , this is the way we might go to work . Persons who study plants and their parts and habits are called Botanists , and it is very convenient that all botanists should know the same plant by the same name all over the world , so ...
... animals , this is the way we might go to work . Persons who study plants and their parts and habits are called Botanists , and it is very convenient that all botanists should know the same plant by the same name all over the world , so ...
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... animals all put together in a class because all their tails were of a certain length , no matter what were their habits or general appearance . This is something like the artificial system which the old botanists used . The natural ...
... animals all put together in a class because all their tails were of a certain length , no matter what were their habits or general appearance . This is something like the artificial system which the old botanists used . The natural ...
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... animals , but not so to birds . Six such berries are said to have killed a wolf . It is sometimes called the ' spurge olive , ' or ' dwarf bay . ' Here , too , is a spray of the yew tree , which is in blossom just now , and very pretty ...
... animals , but not so to birds . Six such berries are said to have killed a wolf . It is sometimes called the ' spurge olive , ' or ' dwarf bay . ' Here , too , is a spray of the yew tree , which is in blossom just now , and very pretty ...
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