Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
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... look , and the peculiar formation of the fore limbs gives an indescribable awkwardness to its gait . I have always taken much interest in this animal , and have watched many of its habits , as far as can be done under the very untoward ...
... look , and the peculiar formation of the fore limbs gives an indescribable awkwardness to its gait . I have always taken much interest in this animal , and have watched many of its habits , as far as can be done under the very untoward ...
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... look at animals from their own stand - point , these battles may appear too insignifi- cant to attract attention ; but to the eye of a naturalist , who instinctively identifies himself with the nature of the animals which THE MOLE . 9.
... look at animals from their own stand - point , these battles may appear too insignifi- cant to attract attention ; but to the eye of a naturalist , who instinctively identifies himself with the nature of the animals which THE MOLE . 9.
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... look almost like a miniature model of some machine invented for the purpose of tearing the stubborn earth . See how all the power is thrown into the fore quarters , while the hind quarters are feeble , and , in comparison , common ...
... look almost like a miniature model of some machine invented for the purpose of tearing the stubborn earth . See how all the power is thrown into the fore quarters , while the hind quarters are feeble , and , in comparison , common ...
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... looks like the culprit that he is . Being a delinquent , and knowing that he is so , he receives the punishment due to the offence , and ever afterwards the very word " shoe " will make him look utterly ashamed of himself . Again , if ...
... looks like the culprit that he is . Being a delinquent , and knowing that he is so , he receives the punishment due to the offence , and ever afterwards the very word " shoe " will make him look utterly ashamed of himself . Again , if ...
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... looks very like a mole , though it belongs to the rodents . It is even less capable of sight than the mole , for its eyes are not only as small as those of that animal , but are actually covered by the thickly - furred skin . The burrow ...
... looks very like a mole , though it belongs to the rodents . It is even less capable of sight than the mole , for its eyes are not only as small as those of that animal , but are actually covered by the thickly - furred skin . The burrow ...
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Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
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