Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Alfred Russel Wallace. OR 451 EW FOR LONDON : R. CLAY , SONS , AND TAYLOR , BREAD STREET HILL . THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous.
Alfred Russel Wallace. OR 451 EW FOR LONDON : R. CLAY , SONS , AND TAYLOR , BREAD STREET HILL . THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous.
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Alfred Russel Wallace. THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird ...
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... of every social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
... of every social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
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... tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a general view of the phenomena which are essentially tropical , or to determine the causes and ...
... tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a general view of the phenomena which are essentially tropical , or to determine the causes and ...
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