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... further on , " It is not permitted to us , in the present aspect of the case , to rule out the evidence " in favour of what , for our own part , we must unhesitatingly call an exploded fable . It is certainly as much as a virtuous ...
... further on , " It is not permitted to us , in the present aspect of the case , to rule out the evidence " in favour of what , for our own part , we must unhesitatingly call an exploded fable . It is certainly as much as a virtuous ...
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... further possesses the quality of observation , his work marks an epoch , and English rule receives a new significance . It is in no adverse spirit that we say thus early that Capt . Forbes ' work will not rank in this cate- gory , and ...
... further possesses the quality of observation , his work marks an epoch , and English rule receives a new significance . It is in no adverse spirit that we say thus early that Capt . Forbes ' work will not rank in this cate- gory , and ...
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... further subsidence or denudation in the north had opened a way for the Arctic currents , killing out the warm - water animals of the Niobrara group , and filling up the Mediter- ranean of that period . " J. STARKIE GARDNER AN ENGLISH ...
... further subsidence or denudation in the north had opened a way for the Arctic currents , killing out the warm - water animals of the Niobrara group , and filling up the Mediter- ranean of that period . " J. STARKIE GARDNER AN ENGLISH ...
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... further a specimen from a place called the Schenkhübel , about an hour's walk from the town , in the direction of the last of the above - named streets , I had traps put there , but also in vain ; only the brown rat , Mus decumanus ...
... further a specimen from a place called the Schenkhübel , about an hour's walk from the town , in the direction of the last of the above - named streets , I had traps put there , but also in vain ; only the brown rat , Mus decumanus ...
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... further border of the sharks and skates , in their territory , and begins in its changing growth to make the rudiments , at least , of many an important organ which comes to its perfection in man and his nearest relatives . The growth ...
... further border of the sharks and skates , in their territory , and begins in its changing growth to make the rudiments , at least , of many an important organ which comes to its perfection in man and his nearest relatives . The growth ...
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