The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... animal endowed with the powers of communication , memory , association , imitation , reflec- tion , and reasoning ... animals , which they destroy by simple stratagems . Observation - Such are some of the nations of Africa , the ...
... animal endowed with the powers of communication , memory , association , imitation , reflec- tion , and reasoning ... animals , which they destroy by simple stratagems . Observation - Such are some of the nations of Africa , the ...
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... animals swim without instruction ; be- cause they are unable to lift their fore - legs over their heads . The secret of this art depends , then , on keeping down the hands and arms , and acting under the water with them . The parts of ...
... animals swim without instruction ; be- cause they are unable to lift their fore - legs over their heads . The secret of this art depends , then , on keeping down the hands and arms , and acting under the water with them . The parts of ...
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... animals , or of the natural products of vegetables , without preparation or the in- tervention of art . 19. A precarious mode of subsistence is so unfav- ourable to the human species , that , it is found , savage tribes , in a series of ...
... animals , or of the natural products of vegetables , without preparation or the in- tervention of art . 19. A precarious mode of subsistence is so unfav- ourable to the human species , that , it is found , savage tribes , in a series of ...
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... animal , which they have pur- sued on foot for many days together . Obs . Hence the origin of hospitality and social meetings kept up in civilized life , for purposes of pleasure ; but origin- ating in ages , when to divide with friends ...
... animal , which they have pur- sued on foot for many days together . Obs . Hence the origin of hospitality and social meetings kept up in civilized life , for purposes of pleasure ; but origin- ating in ages , when to divide with friends ...
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... animal matter . 36. To render a barren soil fertile , it ought to be frequently turned up to the air , and to have mixed with it manures of animal dungs , decayed vegetables , lime , marl , sweepings of streets , & c . 37. In turning ...
... animal matter . 36. To render a barren soil fertile , it ought to be frequently turned up to the air , and to have mixed with it manures of animal dungs , decayed vegetables , lime , marl , sweepings of streets , & c . 37. In turning ...
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