The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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Page 52
... feet deep , and contains no pebbles . No animal of any description inhabits these caves , not even bats . M. Eudes succeeded in digging up in the large cavern various bones , including some of a large kind of bird , which no longer ...
... feet deep , and contains no pebbles . No animal of any description inhabits these caves , not even bats . M. Eudes succeeded in digging up in the large cavern various bones , including some of a large kind of bird , which no longer ...
Page 55
... feet ? Yet such is the form of Apteryx . As to the argument arising from the absence of the spur it is worth but little at best ; and it may be said in favour of those who would place the Dodo between the Struthious and Gallinaceous ...
... feet ? Yet such is the form of Apteryx . As to the argument arising from the absence of the spur it is worth but little at best ; and it may be said in favour of those who would place the Dodo between the Struthious and Gallinaceous ...
Page 59
... feet with five toes ; hind feet with four toes ; claws not retractile . M. F. Cuvier observes that these supernumerary teeth are developed in each jaw , but that he never saw them developed on each side in the same in- dividual . When ...
... feet with five toes ; hind feet with four toes ; claws not retractile . M. F. Cuvier observes that these supernumerary teeth are developed in each jaw , but that he never saw them developed on each side in the same in- dividual . When ...
Page 60
... feet , and the length two feet and a half . The head , he says , is formed much like that of a fox , the ears short and erect , with whiskers from one to two inches in length on the muzzle . The ge- neral colour of the upper parts is ...
... feet , and the length two feet and a half . The head , he says , is formed much like that of a fox , the ears short and erect , with whiskers from one to two inches in length on the muzzle . The ge- neral colour of the upper parts is ...
Page 64
... feet long . Its root is a common article of food in the Malay archipelago , but no other part of the plant is eaten . In Psophocarpus the pods are oblong , and have four lon- gitudinal wings ; the seeds are roundish . It comprehends the ...
... feet long . Its root is a common article of food in the Malay archipelago , but no other part of the plant is eaten . In Psophocarpus the pods are oblong , and have four lon- gitudinal wings ; the seeds are roundish . It comprehends the ...
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Page 59 - An Epistolary Discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, to Punishment, or to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is proved, that none have the Power of giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops.
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