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... natural family of Commelinacea , which was so named in honour of the English botanist John Tradescant , who was gar ... naturally be distinguished from accounts written by eye - witnesses at or soon after the times when the events ...
... natural family of Commelinacea , which was so named in honour of the English botanist John Tradescant , who was gar ... naturally be distinguished from accounts written by eye - witnesses at or soon after the times when the events ...
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... natural family of Euphorbiacea . The species are found in India and in America , are climbing in habit , and some are remark- able for stinging as violently as nettles . TRAGOPO'GON , or Goat's Beard , a genus of plants of the natural ...
... natural family of Euphorbiacea . The species are found in India and in America , are climbing in habit , and some are remark- able for stinging as violently as nettles . TRAGOPO'GON , or Goat's Beard , a genus of plants of the natural ...
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... natural enemies ; and they smart fearfully under any interference from them . The association is in constant communication with magis- trates and clergymen throughout the kingdom , respecting the character of those whose cases it has ...
... natural enemies ; and they smart fearfully under any interference from them . The association is in constant communication with magis- trates and clergymen throughout the kingdom , respecting the character of those whose cases it has ...
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... natural training . The earliest possible periods of removal that he can only reach the intermediate prisons ( a to intermediate prisons apply only to those of the most special feature and a third stage in the system ) through ...
... natural training . The earliest possible periods of removal that he can only reach the intermediate prisons ( a to intermediate prisons apply only to those of the most special feature and a third stage in the system ) through ...
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... natural history ; a mineralogical museum , and a public library . Its popu- lation is about 3000. Schässburg ( ' Segesvar ' ) , on the The whole area of Transylvania is 21,000 square miles , Great Kükel , in a beautiful valley , 24 ...
... natural history ; a mineralogical museum , and a public library . Its popu- lation is about 3000. Schässburg ( ' Segesvar ' ) , on the The whole area of Transylvania is 21,000 square miles , Great Kükel , in a beautiful valley , 24 ...
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