Littell's Living Age, Volume 66Living Age Company Incorporated, 1860 - American periodicals |
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... present seeming isolation of exemplifies such rate of increase , where con- some of these forms . genial food abounds . But , as a general rule , the animal population of a country is station- ary , being kept down by a periodical defi ...
... present seeming isolation of exemplifies such rate of increase , where con- some of these forms . genial food abounds . But , as a general rule , the animal population of a country is station- ary , being kept down by a periodical defi ...
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... present varieties , than the species of the smaller genera . To test the truth of this anticipation I have arranged the plants of twelve countries , and the coleop- terous insects of two districts , into two nearly equal masses , the ...
... present varieties , than the species of the smaller genera . To test the truth of this anticipation I have arranged the plants of twelve countries , and the coleop- terous insects of two districts , into two nearly equal masses , the ...
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... present evidence from form , struc- | She has frequently been seen in the desert , habited in the one loose robe of ... presents to appease their wrath and jealousy . gering gait of the Bedouin , he disappoints every one who sees him ...
... present evidence from form , struc- | She has frequently been seen in the desert , habited in the one loose robe of ... presents to appease their wrath and jealousy . gering gait of the Bedouin , he disappoints every one who sees him ...
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... present state of knowledge and inquiry , as was that which they possessed some cen- turies ago . The older history of the universities of Europe not only presents many features of the utmost interest , but upon the whole in- spires ...
... present state of knowledge and inquiry , as was that which they possessed some cen- turies ago . The older history of the universities of Europe not only presents many features of the utmost interest , but upon the whole in- spires ...
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... present him " there is a presumption , amounting almost to us in the largest , strongest , simplest , in a word , the most typical forms . These forms are principally found among the ancients . Nor can the study of the ancients be dis ...
... present him " there is a presumption , amounting almost to us in the largest , strongest , simplest , in a word , the most typical forms . These forms are principally found among the ancients . Nor can the study of the ancients be dis ...
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