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... Expression , 572 . Fayal and the Portuguese , 526 . Galleries of Art , On the Formation of , 106 . Great Arm - Chair , The , 294 . Hallam , Arthur , 694 . History , Something about , 298 . Hood , Thomas , 513 . Hunting a Pass , 44 ...
... Expression , 572 . Fayal and the Portuguese , 526 . Galleries of Art , On the Formation of , 106 . Great Arm - Chair , The , 294 . Hallam , Arthur , 694 . History , Something about , 298 . Hood , Thomas , 513 . Hunting a Pass , 44 ...
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... expression , if we may so term it , of the changes in the atmosphere sensibly affecting our organs . Humboldt refers it to humidity , temper- ature , changes in barometric pressure , calmness or agitation of the air , amount of electric ...
... expression , if we may so term it , of the changes in the atmosphere sensibly affecting our organs . Humboldt refers it to humidity , temper- ature , changes in barometric pressure , calmness or agitation of the air , amount of electric ...
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... expression of solemn satisfaction at his employment , bending his aged figure over the broad , carved stone , and scraping from it the grass which had not been disturbed per- haps for a quarter of a century ; and there was our own party ...
... expression of solemn satisfaction at his employment , bending his aged figure over the broad , carved stone , and scraping from it the grass which had not been disturbed per- haps for a quarter of a century ; and there was our own party ...
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... expression which I can only describe as that of astonished inanity . I don't think he is quite certain , to this day , that the incident was not altogether an ugly dream . At any rate , he lost no time in obeying my order to go straight ...
... expression which I can only describe as that of astonished inanity . I don't think he is quite certain , to this day , that the incident was not altogether an ugly dream . At any rate , he lost no time in obeying my order to go straight ...
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... insight and adequate powers of expression , his style must yield and vary with the circumstan- ces of different cases and the minds of dif- ferent juries and jurors . When a friend of Erskine 82 July , Rufus Choate .
... insight and adequate powers of expression , his style must yield and vary with the circumstan- ces of different cases and the minds of dif- ferent juries and jurors . When a friend of Erskine 82 July , Rufus Choate .
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Página 207 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...
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