The Reason why: Natural History, Illustrating the Natural History of Man and the Lower Animals : by the Author of Enquire Within Upon Everything : One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations, Twelfth Thousand |
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... species . The interest of the subject mainly rested upon anecdotes of animal sagacity or ferocity , and the perils of adventure into the wilds of nature . Few writers had ventured to inquire into reasons for the peculiarities of animal ...
... species . The interest of the subject mainly rested upon anecdotes of animal sagacity or ferocity , and the perils of adventure into the wilds of nature . Few writers had ventured to inquire into reasons for the peculiarities of animal ...
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... species it may ; and to find out how the functions and the organization vary together , as we pass from species to species , is the desirable point in the comparison of one with another . It is not alone in Zoological Gardens or Museums ...
... species it may ; and to find out how the functions and the organization vary together , as we pass from species to species , is the desirable point in the comparison of one with another . It is not alone in Zoological Gardens or Museums ...
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... Species . Stanley's Familiar History of Birds . St. Pierre's Studies of Nature . Swainson's Natural History of Quadrupeds . Swainson's Natural History of Birds . Swainson's Habits and Instincts of Animals . Swainson's Natural History of ...
... Species . Stanley's Familiar History of Birds . St. Pierre's Studies of Nature . Swainson's Natural History of Quadrupeds . Swainson's Natural History of Birds . Swainson's Habits and Instincts of Animals . Swainson's Natural History of ...
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... species . The permanence of certain types in the midst of the most opposite in- fluences , especially of climate , appeared to favour this view , not- withstanding the shortness of the time to which the historical evidence applied . But ...
... species . The permanence of certain types in the midst of the most opposite in- fluences , especially of climate , appeared to favour this view , not- withstanding the shortness of the time to which the historical evidence applied . But ...
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... species , it is the idea of our common humanity ; tending to remove the hostile barriers which prejudices and partial views of every kind have raised between men ; and to cause all mankind , without distinction of religion , nation , or ...
... species , it is the idea of our common humanity ; tending to remove the hostile barriers which prejudices and partial views of every kind have raised between men ; and to cause all mankind , without distinction of religion , nation , or ...
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Page 242 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
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Page 230 - ... and twenty others, succeed, with such imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover, with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert, is the admirable bird now before us. During this exhibition of his powers, he spreads his wings, expands his tail, and throws himself around the cage in all the ecstasy of enthusiasm, seeming not only to sing, but to dance, keeping time to the measure of his own music.