Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 111819 |
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... animal in a torpid state , the functions of life are supported at a very low state , but still sufficient to preserve them in a situation to be acted upon by favourable circum- stances , when again planted . Such is the theory I have ...
... animal in a torpid state , the functions of life are supported at a very low state , but still sufficient to preserve them in a situation to be acted upon by favourable circum- stances , when again planted . Such is the theory I have ...
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... animal they engage . The savage seizes boldly on the insect he attacks , and gives it a stroke of amazing force . After this first encounter , he falls down , as if he had himself received the mortal blow ; but it is only to rest from ...
... animal they engage . The savage seizes boldly on the insect he attacks , and gives it a stroke of amazing force . After this first encounter , he falls down , as if he had himself received the mortal blow ; but it is only to rest from ...
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... animal walk- ed on four legs in the morning , two at noon , and three in the evening . Upon this Creon , king of Thebes , promised his crown and his sister Jocasta in marriage to him who could deliver his country by a successfal ...
... animal walk- ed on four legs in the morning , two at noon , and three in the evening . Upon this Creon , king of Thebes , promised his crown and his sister Jocasta in marriage to him who could deliver his country by a successfal ...
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... animal projects its capillary white feelers in search of food , which consists of small marine worms ; body whitish with a tinge of green , and a red line down the middle of the back , the hind - part sea - green ; the fore - part ...
... animal projects its capillary white feelers in search of food , which consists of small marine worms ; body whitish with a tinge of green , and a red line down the middle of the back , the hind - part sea - green ; the fore - part ...
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... Animal a tethys ; shell hard , solid , with unequal valves ; one of the valves convex , the other flat ; hinge with two recurved teeth , separated by a small hol- low . Four species , all exotics ; the chief of them , s . gædaropus ...
... Animal a tethys ; shell hard , solid , with unequal valves ; one of the valves convex , the other flat ; hinge with two recurved teeth , separated by a small hol- low . Four species , all exotics ; the chief of them , s . gædaropus ...
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Page 15 - You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything about Woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include women too. Everyone knows that.