My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 217
... animal generally meets with . It is related that one day , being pursued by men and dogs in this shape , the pursuers came to a coal mine the steam - engine of which was in full work , bringing up coal . The witch - hare jumped on to ...
... animal generally meets with . It is related that one day , being pursued by men and dogs in this shape , the pursuers came to a coal mine the steam - engine of which was in full work , bringing up coal . The witch - hare jumped on to ...
Page 221
... animal excitement which makes them groan and shriek and leap like madmen in the place of worship , is the true religion which will conduce to their happiness here , and lead them to heavenly joys in a world to come . Among the youth of ...
... animal excitement which makes them groan and shriek and leap like madmen in the place of worship , is the true religion which will conduce to their happiness here , and lead them to heavenly joys in a world to come . Among the youth of ...
Page 246
... animal the swelling soon passed off , and left no bad effects . Another day , towards the autumn , we found the rather uncommon black viper in a wood a few miles from Neath . This he caught with a forked stick , to which he then tied it ...
... animal the swelling soon passed off , and left no bad effects . Another day , towards the autumn , we found the rather uncommon black viper in a wood a few miles from Neath . This he caught with a forked stick , to which he then tied it ...
Page 254
... animals and plants . There is a very philosophical work bearing directly on the question - Lawrence's ' Lectures on Man ' - delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons , now published in a cheap form . The great object of these ...
... animals and plants . There is a very philosophical work bearing directly on the question - Lawrence's ' Lectures on Man ' - delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons , now published in a cheap form . The great object of these ...
Page 255
... animal which differs from another by some decided and permanent character , however slight , which difference is undiminished by propagation and unchanged by climate and external circumstances , is universally held to be a distinct ...
... animal which differs from another by some decided and permanent character , however slight , which difference is undiminished by propagation and unchanged by climate and external circumstances , is universally held to be a distinct ...
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