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... Travels was quickly defused by being relegated to the rank of a children's book . Many would have agreed with the Irish bishop who remarked that Gulliver's Travels seemed to be full of improbable statements , and that for his part he ...
... Travels was quickly defused by being relegated to the rank of a children's book . Many would have agreed with the Irish bishop who remarked that Gulliver's Travels seemed to be full of improbable statements , and that for his part he ...
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... Travels in Siberia . London , 1848 , vol . II , p . 87 . Evans , Sir Arthur : The Palace of Minos . London , 1921-1936 . Frankfort , Henri : Notes on the Cretan griffin ' , Annual of the British School at Athens , vol . 37 , pp . 106 ...
... Travels in Siberia . London , 1848 , vol . II , p . 87 . Evans , Sir Arthur : The Palace of Minos . London , 1921-1936 . Frankfort , Henri : Notes on the Cretan griffin ' , Annual of the British School at Athens , vol . 37 , pp . 106 ...
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... Travels of Monsieur de Thévenot into the Levant . London , 1687 , Part III , Ch . iv , p . 7 . Thévet , André : Cosmographie universelle . Paris , 1575 , vol . I , p . 52 . Thoby - Marcelin , Philippe and Pierre Marcelin : The Beast of ...
... Travels of Monsieur de Thévenot into the Levant . London , 1687 , Part III , Ch . iv , p . 7 . Thévet , André : Cosmographie universelle . Paris , 1575 , vol . I , p . 52 . Thoby - Marcelin , Philippe and Pierre Marcelin : The Beast of ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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