On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations, Volym 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 |
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... shells of their eggs the new formed insects assume the shape of a worm with six legs . They continue to creep and to swim in the water for some time , feeding on mud and glutinous substances . At length , swimming to the surface of the ...
... shells of their eggs the new formed insects assume the shape of a worm with six legs . They continue to creep and to swim in the water for some time , feeding on mud and glutinous substances . At length , swimming to the surface of the ...
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... Shells from a slimy liquid harden into pearls ; from pearls they crumble into dust . The chrysalis , as some one has elegantly observed , is the cradle of the but- terfly , at the very moment , that it becomes the tomb of the ...
... Shells from a slimy liquid harden into pearls ; from pearls they crumble into dust . The chrysalis , as some one has elegantly observed , is the cradle of the but- terfly , at the very moment , that it becomes the tomb of the ...
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... shells and spars . On the coast of Juana in Japan the sea is retiring , every year , from the great accumulation of shoal , mud , and sand - banks . Many parts of New Holland , too , exhibit evident marks of having been recently covered ...
... shells and spars . On the coast of Juana in Japan the sea is retiring , every year , from the great accumulation of shoal , mud , and sand - banks . Many parts of New Holland , too , exhibit evident marks of having been recently covered ...
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... shells , and beds of vegetables , under those marine substances , having been found in many countries , in Parang was separated from Sumbaya A. D. 297. Its separation is recorded in the Javan annals . In 1506 there was a great ...
... shells , and beds of vegetables , under those marine substances , having been found in many countries , in Parang was separated from Sumbaya A. D. 297. Its separation is recorded in the Javan annals . In 1506 there was a great ...
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... shells have been observed in all ages to be component parts of mountains , Bernard Palassy was the first , who asserted them to be real shells ; and that they had once been inhabited by fishes : -and he defied the schools of Paris and ...
... shells have been observed in all ages to be component parts of mountains , Bernard Palassy was the first , who asserted them to be real shells ; and that they had once been inhabited by fishes : -and he defied the schools of Paris and ...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volym 1 Charles Bucke Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volym 1 Charles Bucke Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature, 1: With Occasional ... Charles Bucke Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
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