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... observed that animals were nourished and their bodies repaired and refreshed , but that this was only for a time , as old age soon came on and was speed- ily followed by dissolution ; they looked for death in something that could not be ...
... observed that animals were nourished and their bodies repaired and refreshed , but that this was only for a time , as old age soon came on and was speed- ily followed by dissolution ; they looked for death in something that could not be ...
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... observed before , the same things generally happen , though in their own manner . From the inquiry concerning inanimate and vegetable bodies pass on to the inquiry of animals , not including man . 3. Inquire into the length and ...
... observed before , the same things generally happen , though in their own manner . From the inquiry concerning inanimate and vegetable bodies pass on to the inquiry of animals , not including man . 3. Inquire into the length and ...
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... observations . Admit only the common and manifest observations ( if there be any ) ; as , whether the birth took place 16 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... observations . Admit only the common and manifest observations ( if there be any ) ; as , whether the birth took place 16 TRANSLATION OF THE.
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... observed even in health , whether taken from physiognomy or otherwise . So far the inquiry touching the length and shortness of life is instituted in an unscientific and confused man- ner ; but I have thought it right to add a ...
... observed even in health , whether taken from physiognomy or otherwise . So far the inquiry touching the length and shortness of life is instituted in an unscientific and confused man- ner ; but I have thought it right to add a ...
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... observe the period of their duration . And even when they do dissolve from age , they dissolve into rust , not through ... observed that stones facing the north decay sooner than those which face the south , as may be seen in obelisks ...
... observe the period of their duration . And even when they do dissolve from age , they dissolve into rust , not through ... observed that stones facing the north decay sooner than those which face the south , as may be seen in obelisks ...
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