Sacred philosophy of the seasons: Illustrating the perfections of god in the phenomena of the pfearW. Oliphant and Son, 1837 |
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... tribes , the rooks are beginning to obey the first law of Nature , and their incessant notes of enjoyment , mingled with the bustle of preparing for the important duties of incubation , every where attract the attention of the lovers of ...
... tribes , the rooks are beginning to obey the first law of Nature , and their incessant notes of enjoyment , mingled with the bustle of preparing for the important duties of incubation , every where attract the attention of the lovers of ...
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... tribes now find a delicious repast in the sweet and tender herbage , which begins to clothe our sheltered valleys ... tribe to tribe of the animated world , and to unite them all , in one common hymn of gratitude and praise to the ...
... tribes now find a delicious repast in the sweet and tender herbage , which begins to clothe our sheltered valleys ... tribe to tribe of the animated world , and to unite them all , in one common hymn of gratitude and praise to the ...
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... tribes with the beautiful apparatus of light and downy feathers . In adverting to the properties of the soil , there are several things very worthy of remark , with regard to which , a slight and cursory observation may at present ...
... tribes with the beautiful apparatus of light and downy feathers . In adverting to the properties of the soil , there are several things very worthy of remark , with regard to which , a slight and cursory observation may at present ...
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... tribes of vegetables , which , from year to year , depend entirely for their reproduction on seeds . The plant having given birth to this embryo of its spe- cies , and deposited it in the soil , withers down to the root , and expires ...
... tribes of vegetables , which , from year to year , depend entirely for their reproduction on seeds . The plant having given birth to this embryo of its spe- cies , and deposited it in the soil , withers down to the root , and expires ...
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... tribes of mosses and fungi , to grasses , shrubs , and trees , till Nature combines all that is beautiful and delightful in this department of her works , in the formation of flowers . These , though com- paratively minute productions ...
... tribes of mosses and fungi , to grasses , shrubs , and trees , till Nature combines all that is beautiful and delightful in this department of her works , in the formation of flowers . These , though com- paratively minute productions ...
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