A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Том 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... insects , more im- perfect than all , seem to fill up the chasm that separates animal from vegetable nature . Of man , the most perfect animal , there are but three or four species ; of quadrupeds , the kinds are more numerous ; birds ...
... insects , more im- perfect than all , seem to fill up the chasm that separates animal from vegetable nature . Of man , the most perfect animal , there are but three or four species ; of quadrupeds , the kinds are more numerous ; birds ...
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... insects is even more remarkable for its velocity in proportion to their size ; thus a swallow , which is one of the swiftest - flying of the birds , has been seen to chase a dragon - fly for some time without success ; the insect always ...
... insects is even more remarkable for its velocity in proportion to their size ; thus a swallow , which is one of the swiftest - flying of the birds , has been seen to chase a dragon - fly for some time without success ; the insect always ...
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... insects of the same climate . The life of man himself is but short , when compared to what some of them enjoy . It is said that swans have been known to live three hundred years ; geese are often seen to live four - score ; while ...
... insects of the same climate . The life of man himself is but short , when compared to what some of them enjoy . It is said that swans have been known to live three hundred years ; geese are often seen to live four - score ; while ...
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... insects , and thus to par- take , in some measure , of a double nature . How- ever , its appetite for flesh is the ... insect , it is asserted by the best authority that it fixes them upon some neighbouring thorn , and , when thus ...
... insects , and thus to par- take , in some measure , of a double nature . How- ever , its appetite for flesh is the ... insect , it is asserted by the best authority that it fixes them upon some neighbouring thorn , and , when thus ...
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... insects , such as humble bees , and that the unfledged nestlings of small birds were frequently seen stuck upon ... insects , into a situation whence he could dart on them . He is called the nine - killer , from the supposition that he ...
... insects , such as humble bees , and that the unfledged nestlings of small birds were frequently seen stuck upon ... insects , into a situation whence he could dart on them . He is called the nine - killer , from the supposition that he ...
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