The Contemporary Review, Том 36A. Strahan, 1879 |
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... course of mundane affairs may so shape itself as that such a calamity may be indefinitely delayed ; or , if it be inevitable , that it may fall to the lot of some nation to take up the reins which shall have the will as well as the ...
... course of mundane affairs may so shape itself as that such a calamity may be indefinitely delayed ; or , if it be inevitable , that it may fall to the lot of some nation to take up the reins which shall have the will as well as the ...
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... course pointed out . A curious example of this lack of interest and resolve was to be observed as regards the foreign- drilled levies raised at the instance of their foreign advisers after the treaty of Tientsin . Men and money were ...
... course pointed out . A curious example of this lack of interest and resolve was to be observed as regards the foreign- drilled levies raised at the instance of their foreign advisers after the treaty of Tientsin . Men and money were ...
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... course , these four families . are subordinate . This order is called " Carnivora , " because it is made up of carnivorous or flesh - eating beasts . The other familiar beasts first referred to our domestic cattle of all kinds - form ...
... course , these four families . are subordinate . This order is called " Carnivora , " because it is made up of carnivorous or flesh - eating beasts . The other familiar beasts first referred to our domestic cattle of all kinds - form ...
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... course , the true crocodiles which are found both in the Old and New Worlds . It contains besides the alli- gators ( which are peculiar to America ) , as well as the long and slender- snouted gavials which are now found only in India ...
... course , the true crocodiles which are found both in the Old and New Worlds . It contains besides the alli- gators ( which are peculiar to America ) , as well as the long and slender- snouted gavials which are now found only in India ...
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... course , the Mosquito - and the numerous " Bots , " one of which ( the Tsee - Tsee fly ) is so fatal to cattle in Africa . Finally , amongst insects may be mentioned the wingless , but active order of fleas ( Aphaniptera ) , the ...
... course , the Mosquito - and the numerous " Bots , " one of which ( the Tsee - Tsee fly ) is so fatal to cattle in Africa . Finally , amongst insects may be mentioned the wingless , but active order of fleas ( Aphaniptera ) , the ...
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