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... animal suggested by the more restricted group . Scarcely the acquiescent fancy of Polonius could find it ' backed like a weasel , ' or ' very like a whale . ' Yet a weasel or a whale would match the figure equally well with , or better ...
... animal suggested by the more restricted group . Scarcely the acquiescent fancy of Polonius could find it ' backed like a weasel , ' or ' very like a whale . ' Yet a weasel or a whale would match the figure equally well with , or better ...
Page 45
... animal almost destitute of such an appendage , turned the three stars composing it into three pursuing hunters . No such difficulty , however , presented itself to the Aztecs . They recognised in the seven Arctic ' stars the image of a ...
... animal almost destitute of such an appendage , turned the three stars composing it into three pursuing hunters . No such difficulty , however , presented itself to the Aztecs . They recognised in the seven Arctic ' stars the image of a ...
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... animal through its different varieties and stages of existence in order to find varying epithets of contumely and reproach . The universal and almost prehistoric term of abuse formed by the simple patronymic - so to speak - has lost ...
... animal through its different varieties and stages of existence in order to find varying epithets of contumely and reproach . The universal and almost prehistoric term of abuse formed by the simple patronymic - so to speak - has lost ...
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... animals have been made the slaves and victims of man ; some have been found capable of becoming his willing allies ... animal was chosen as the symbol of watchful attendance and untiring subordination . The bright star Sirius , owing ...
... animals have been made the slaves and victims of man ; some have been found capable of becoming his willing allies ... animal was chosen as the symbol of watchful attendance and untiring subordination . The bright star Sirius , owing ...
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... animal have thus from the first set strongly in - one of repulsion verging towards abhorrence , the other of sympathy touched by the yearning pity which a superior being cannot choose but feel towards an inferior laying at his feet the ...
... animal have thus from the first set strongly in - one of repulsion verging towards abhorrence , the other of sympathy touched by the yearning pity which a superior being cannot choose but feel towards an inferior laying at his feet the ...
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