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Page 9
... Nature , however , in her unbounded beneficence , frequently furnishes the vegetable as well as the ani- mal inhabitants of tropical countries with a supply of moisture where it is least expected , and most required . The Stapelia is a ...
... Nature , however , in her unbounded beneficence , frequently furnishes the vegetable as well as the ani- mal inhabitants of tropical countries with a supply of moisture where it is least expected , and most required . The Stapelia is a ...
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... nature ; though the contraction is occasioned probably by the hot and dry atmosphere , and the expansion of the fibre does not take place until the moisture has fallen and saturated the pitcher : when this is the case , the cover falls ...
... nature ; though the contraction is occasioned probably by the hot and dry atmosphere , and the expansion of the fibre does not take place until the moisture has fallen and saturated the pitcher : when this is the case , the cover falls ...
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... nature bestowed in the act of consecration , and those of Greatrakes and the others , as a peculiar and a divine gift , -a species of instinct which they alone possessed , and the faculty of which could neither be taught nor ...
... nature bestowed in the act of consecration , and those of Greatrakes and the others , as a peculiar and a divine gift , -a species of instinct which they alone possessed , and the faculty of which could neither be taught nor ...
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... nature , and which serves as the agent of that in- fluence . In this , certainly , there is nothing contrary to genuine philosophy ; and , if we do not mistake , the celebrated La Place , in his great work , maintains something of the ...
... nature , and which serves as the agent of that in- fluence . In this , certainly , there is nothing contrary to genuine philosophy ; and , if we do not mistake , the celebrated La Place , in his great work , maintains something of the ...
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... nature of the quackery , ascribed all the phenomena produced by the magnetizers to the power of imagina- tion , to imitation , and an excited sensual instinct . Jussieu alone refused to sign the report , alleging that the effects were ...
... nature of the quackery , ascribed all the phenomena produced by the magnetizers to the power of imagina- tion , to imitation , and an excited sensual instinct . Jussieu alone refused to sign the report , alleging that the effects were ...
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