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... the authors , in a spirit of candid cri- ticism , and with the sole wish of increasing the interest and usefulness of natural knowledge , by making it more correct . ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK . X PREFACE .
... the authors , in a spirit of candid cri- ticism , and with the sole wish of increasing the interest and usefulness of natural knowledge , by making it more correct . ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK . X PREFACE .
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... knowledge of its real nature and production adds a new and beau- tiful feature to their descriptions of that de- lightful season : So shoot the spider brood , at breezy dawn , Their glittering net - work o'er the autumnal lawn From ...
... knowledge of its real nature and production adds a new and beau- tiful feature to their descriptions of that de- lightful season : So shoot the spider brood , at breezy dawn , Their glittering net - work o'er the autumnal lawn From ...
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... knowledge , how- ever , has at length discovered the real use of this insect , and taught us to protect it for its valuable services . It is now known to feed , in its larva state , entirely on Aphides , and the havoc made among them ...
... knowledge , how- ever , has at length discovered the real use of this insect , and taught us to protect it for its valuable services . It is now known to feed , in its larva state , entirely on Aphides , and the havoc made among them ...
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... knowledge of the subject in the Poet . " But , though instances of this are numerous , we should hardly have expected to meet with it in so attentive an observer of nature as Dr. Darwin , and on so familiar a subject : - So sleeps in ...
... knowledge of the subject in the Poet . " But , though instances of this are numerous , we should hardly have expected to meet with it in so attentive an observer of nature as Dr. Darwin , and on so familiar a subject : - So sleeps in ...
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... without means of escape , and result from its own knowledge of the peculiar weakness of one of its organs ? With the exception of the vertex , which is fortified with a corneous plate , the bones of the 80 THE OSTRICH .
... without means of escape , and result from its own knowledge of the peculiar weakness of one of its organs ? With the exception of the vertex , which is fortified with a corneous plate , the bones of the 80 THE OSTRICH .
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