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... Council of Quadrupeds .. 168 Tit for Tat .... 175 On Wine and Spirits 177 FOURTEENTH EVENING . The Boy without a Genius Half a Crown's Worth .... Trial 184 188 191 FIFTEENTH EVENING . On Man ... The Leguminous Plants .... vi CONTENTS .
... Council of Quadrupeds .. 168 Tit for Tat .... 175 On Wine and Spirits 177 FOURTEENTH EVENING . The Boy without a Genius Half a Crown's Worth .... Trial 184 188 191 FIFTEENTH EVENING . On Man ... The Leguminous Plants .... vi CONTENTS .
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... Plants .... Walking the Streets ..... Page 199 205 210 SIXTEENTH EVENING . The Compound - flowered Plants 212 .... On Presence of Mind 216 SEVENTEENTH EVENING . Phaeton Junior .. 222 Why an Apple falls 227 Nature and Education 230 ...
... Plants .... Walking the Streets ..... Page 199 205 210 SIXTEENTH EVENING . The Compound - flowered Plants 212 .... On Presence of Mind 216 SEVENTEENTH EVENING . Phaeton Junior .. 222 Why an Apple falls 227 Nature and Education 230 ...
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... plants , or a sort of coarse black cake made of powdered seeds . These were the poorer class ; the richer had a ... plant , and then set to work or ferment . I was prevailed upon to taste it , and thought it at first nauseous enough ...
... plants , or a sort of coarse black cake made of powdered seeds . These were the poorer class ; the richer had a ... plant , and then set to work or ferment . I was prevailed upon to taste it , and thought it at first nauseous enough ...
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... . Their dress was very various . Many were clad only in a thin cloth made of the long fibres of the stalk of a plant cultivated for the purpose , which they pro- pared by soaking in water , and then beating with 10 FIRST EVENING .
... . Their dress was very various . Many were clad only in a thin cloth made of the long fibres of the stalk of a plant cultivated for the purpose , which they pro- pared by soaking in water , and then beating with 10 FIRST EVENING .
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... plants with their snouts , when they were spied by old Towzer , the mastiff , who ran among them , and laying hold of their long ears with his teeth , made them squeal most dismally , and get out of the garden as fast as they could ...
... plants with their snouts , when they were spied by old Towzer , the mastiff , who ran among them , and laying hold of their long ears with his teeth , made them squeal most dismally , and get out of the garden as fast as they could ...
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