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... present purpose is obvious . False representations of natural objects can never be necessary : the beautiful features of Nature are inexhaustible , and a faithful de- lineation of them is capable of being set off by the hand of Genius ...
... present purpose is obvious . False representations of natural objects can never be necessary : the beautiful features of Nature are inexhaustible , and a faithful de- lineation of them is capable of being set off by the hand of Genius ...
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... present improved state of natural his- tory has corrected many former mistakes , as well as the extravagant and unnatural fables of the ancient poets : and , as the science ad- vances , a wider and more accurate acquaintance with its ...
... present improved state of natural his- tory has corrected many former mistakes , as well as the extravagant and unnatural fables of the ancient poets : and , as the science ad- vances , a wider and more accurate acquaintance with its ...
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... present not very clearly deter- mined whether it is luminous or not . The general idea among naturalists has been that it is not , and that the splendour exhibited by the female is ordained for the purpose of attracting the male † , a ...
... present not very clearly deter- mined whether it is luminous or not . The general idea among naturalists has been that it is not , and that the splendour exhibited by the female is ordained for the purpose of attracting the male † , a ...
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... present day , has done justice to these fables , of which this animal is the object . The colours of the Chameleon do , in fact , change with equal frequency and ra- pidity ; but it is by no means true , that they are determined by ...
... present day , has done justice to these fables , of which this animal is the object . The colours of the Chameleon do , in fact , change with equal frequency and ra- pidity ; but it is by no means true , that they are determined by ...
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... present a shade of reddish brown or greyish white . When in anger , its colour passes to a deep blue green , to a yellow green , and to a grey more or less blackish . If it is unwell , its colour becomes yellowish grey , or that sort of ...
... present a shade of reddish brown or greyish white . When in anger , its colour passes to a deep blue green , to a yellow green , and to a grey more or less blackish . If it is unwell , its colour becomes yellowish grey , or that sort of ...
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