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But all the circumstances render it impossible for us to conclude that they were
destroyed in consequence of their clothes catching fire, for most of them were
undressed ; and portions of their clothes always escaped entirely, which could
not ...
But all the circumstances render it impossible for us to conclude that they were
destroyed in consequence of their clothes catching fire, for most of them were
undressed ; and portions of their clothes always escaped entirely, which could
not ...
Page 195
He was told that nobody had been at the trouble to carry away the trees; but that
being all overturned from their roots by the winds, the moisture from the high
grounds stagnated among them, and they had in consequence been covered
over ...
He was told that nobody had been at the trouble to carry away the trees; but that
being all overturned from their roots by the winds, the moisture from the high
grounds stagnated among them, and they had in consequence been covered
over ...
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The first is employed, when we wish only to communicate the knowledge which
has been already acquired. We set out from some principle universally admitted,
and proceed without interruption from consequence to consequence, deducing ...
The first is employed, when we wish only to communicate the knowledge which
has been already acquired. We set out from some principle universally admitted,
and proceed without interruption from consequence to consequence, deducing ...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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