The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1786 |
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... kind of indifference is , indeed , the characteristic foible of this nation . Europeans have vifit- ed them , at times , for thefe ten years paft ; yet we could not discover the flightcft trace of any attempt to profit by this ...
... kind of indifference is , indeed , the characteristic foible of this nation . Europeans have vifit- ed them , at times , for thefe ten years paft ; yet we could not discover the flightcft trace of any attempt to profit by this ...
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... kind , except fome fmall ftones , which they had evidently brought for their defence , and which they threw away when they found they were not wanted . Captain Cook proceeding to coaft along the land , in fearch of anchoring ground ...
... kind , except fome fmall ftones , which they had evidently brought for their defence , and which they threw away when they found they were not wanted . Captain Cook proceeding to coaft along the land , in fearch of anchoring ground ...
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... kind , by fhedding their pollen . Young trees , in thick foreft , are found to incline themfelve towards that part through which the light pe netrates , as plants are obferved to do in darkened chamber towards a ftream o light let in ...
... kind , by fhedding their pollen . Young trees , in thick foreft , are found to incline themfelve towards that part through which the light pe netrates , as plants are obferved to do in darkened chamber towards a ftream o light let in ...
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... kind that it was hardly poffible for them to overlook it ; at prefent there are few botanifts in Europe who do not admit its univerfality . It feems generally agreed , that a communication of fexes , in order to produce their like ...
... kind that it was hardly poffible for them to overlook it ; at prefent there are few botanifts in Europe who do not admit its univerfality . It feems generally agreed , that a communication of fexes , in order to produce their like ...
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... kind , are hermaphrodites alfo : Reaumur hath proved that vine fretters do not want an union of fexes for the multipli- uation of their kind . From the conjunction of animals of dif- ent fpecies are produced hybrides , which any cafes ...
... kind , are hermaphrodites alfo : Reaumur hath proved that vine fretters do not want an union of fexes for the multipli- uation of their kind . From the conjunction of animals of dif- ent fpecies are produced hybrides , which any cafes ...
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