The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... quadrupeds as concurring in the celebration of this charming season with conjugal and parental rites . Even man himself , though , from his social condition , less under the dominion of physical necessities , he properly describes as ...
... quadrupeds as concurring in the celebration of this charming season with conjugal and parental rites . Even man himself , though , from his social condition , less under the dominion of physical necessities , he properly describes as ...
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... quadrupeds are retired to conceal- ments , from which not even the calls of hunger can force them ; and the rest , intent only on the preservation of a joyless life , have ceased to exert those powers of pleasing , which , at other ...
... quadrupeds are retired to conceal- ments , from which not even the calls of hunger can force them ; and the rest , intent only on the preservation of a joyless life , have ceased to exert those powers of pleasing , which , at other ...
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... quadruped would make with equal sagacity , were it endued with the gift of speech . But the ideas of the Contemplative Philosopher are more extensive and sublime . To culture , in- deed , he gives the praise which it unquestionably ...
... quadruped would make with equal sagacity , were it endued with the gift of speech . But the ideas of the Contemplative Philosopher are more extensive and sublime . To culture , in- deed , he gives the praise which it unquestionably ...
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... quadrupeds , birds , and fishes , are distinguished into males and females . But the bee and the ant furnish examples of neu- ters , which are absolutely barren : and the earth worm , and several shell animals , are hermaphro- dite ...
... quadrupeds , birds , and fishes , are distinguished into males and females . But the bee and the ant furnish examples of neu- ters , which are absolutely barren : and the earth worm , and several shell animals , are hermaphro- dite ...
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... quadrupeds , and the small insects called pucerons , or vine - fretters . But after their trans- formation into flies , many of the same animals , which formerly fed upon dung and putrid carcases , are nourished by the purest nectareous ...
... quadrupeds , and the small insects called pucerons , or vine - fretters . But after their trans- formation into flies , many of the same animals , which formerly fed upon dung and putrid carcases , are nourished by the purest nectareous ...
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