Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... Egg . A general idea of this may be formed from the glasses used by near - sighted people ; those whose Chrystalline humour is too conver , or in other words , too round , are always very near - sighted , and have recourse to concave ...
... Egg . A general idea of this may be formed from the glasses used by near - sighted people ; those whose Chrystalline humour is too conver , or in other words , too round , are always very near - sighted , and have recourse to concave ...
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... eggs of animals of their own kind ; because the idea of spontaneous generation is repugnant to every maxim of sound ... Eggs than the Female , for when she ceases to drop them , the Male instantly abandons her , and with ardour follows ...
... eggs of animals of their own kind ; because the idea of spontaneous generation is repugnant to every maxim of sound ... Eggs than the Female , for when she ceases to drop them , the Male instantly abandons her , and with ardour follows ...
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... Egg , there is not one perhaps of a thousand , that survives the dangers of its youth . Among the spinous fishes , there is no trace of parental affection ; they abandon their Eggs to be hatched by the warmth of the season , and if they ...
... Egg , there is not one perhaps of a thousand , that survives the dangers of its youth . Among the spinous fishes , there is no trace of parental affection ; they abandon their Eggs to be hatched by the warmth of the season , and if they ...
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... Eggs , to tell them very carefully over , and then by dividing the number of Eggs by the grains , to find how many eggs there were in each grain , or nearly so ; Mr. H. says nearly , for by this method there must have been rather more ...
... Eggs , to tell them very carefully over , and then by dividing the number of Eggs by the grains , to find how many eggs there were in each grain , or nearly so ; Mr. H. says nearly , for by this method there must have been rather more ...
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... eggs , are striking curiosities . The egg of a Smelt , ( continues Mr. H. ) which weighs at its full growth but three or four ounces , appeared larger than those of a Cod of twenty pounds weight , and which might have grown to forty ...
... eggs , are striking curiosities . The egg of a Smelt , ( continues Mr. H. ) which weighs at its full growth but three or four ounces , appeared larger than those of a Cod of twenty pounds weight , and which might have grown to forty ...
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