Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... light becomes perceptible ; it slowly becomes lighter , and then increases so rapidly that at about a quarter to six it seems full daylight . For the next quarter of an hour this changes very little in character ; when , suddenly , the ...
... light becomes perceptible ; it slowly becomes lighter , and then increases so rapidly that at about a quarter to six it seems full daylight . For the next quarter of an hour this changes very little in character ; when , suddenly , the ...
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Alfred Russel Wallace. sunshine lights up the glorious vegetation of the tropics , and realises all that the magic art of the painter or the glowing words of the poet , have pictured as their ideals of terrestrial beauty . The Aspect of ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. sunshine lights up the glorious vegetation of the tropics , and realises all that the magic art of the painter or the glowing words of the poet , have pictured as their ideals of terrestrial beauty . The Aspect of ...
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Alfred Russel Wallace. best adapted to certain purposes . The wood of some is light and soft , and is used for floats or for carving out rude images , stools , and ornaments for boats and houses . The flat slabs of the buttresses are ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. best adapted to certain purposes . The wood of some is light and soft , and is used for floats or for carving out rude images , stools , and ornaments for boats and houses . The flat slabs of the buttresses are ...
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... light . In the shade of the forest they rarely or never flower , and seldom even produce foliage ; but when they have reached the summit of the tree that supports them , they expand under the genial influence of light and air , and ...
... light . In the shade of the forest they rarely or never flower , and seldom even produce foliage ; but when they have reached the summit of the tree that supports them , they expand under the genial influence of light and air , and ...
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... light and intermittent kind , exactly suited to a semi - civilized people to whom severe and long - continued labour is never congenial . This combination of advantages appears to be so great , that it seems possible that the sugar of ...
... light and intermittent kind , exactly suited to a semi - civilized people to whom severe and long - continued labour is never congenial . This combination of advantages appears to be so great , that it seems possible that the sugar of ...
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