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How the first embryon fibre, sphere, or cube, Lives in new forms, a line,—a ring,
— a tube; Closed in the womb with limbs unfinished laves, 15 Sips with rude
mouth the salutary waves; Seeks round its cell the sanguine streams, that pass,
And ...
How the first embryon fibre, sphere, or cube, Lives in new forms, a line,—a ring,
— a tube; Closed in the womb with limbs unfinished laves, 15 Sips with rude
mouth the salutary waves; Seeks round its cell the sanguine streams, that pass,
And ...
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And thirdly, the whole absorbent system, consisting of the lačteals, which open
their mouths into the stomach and intestines, and of the lymphatics, which open
their mouths on the external surface of the body, and on the internal linings of all
...
And thirdly, the whole absorbent system, consisting of the lačteals, which open
their mouths into the stomach and intestines, and of the lymphatics, which open
their mouths on the external surface of the body, and on the internal linings of all
...
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So the secretion of saliva, which in young children is copiously produced by
irritation, and drops from their mouths, is frequent- ly ly attended with the
agreeable sensation produced, by the mastication. 5- SENSITIVE Secro vist. 1, 1.
So the secretion of saliva, which in young children is copiously produced by
irritation, and drops from their mouths, is frequent- ly ly attended with the
agreeable sensation produced, by the mastication. 5- SENSITIVE Secro vist. 1, 1.
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In those constitutions, which are termed weak, the spirit of animation becomes
sooner exhausted, and tremulous motions are produced, as in the hands of infirm
people, when they lift a cup to their mouths. This quicker exhaustion of the spirit
of ...
In those constitutions, which are termed weak, the spirit of animation becomes
sooner exhausted, and tremulous motions are produced, as in the hands of infirm
people, when they lift a cup to their mouths. This quicker exhaustion of the spirit
of ...
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... in the nutshell the sweet kernel is converted into a bitter powder, While the
power of absorption in the roots and barks of vegetables is excited into action by
the fluids applied to their mouths like the lacteals and lymphatics of animals. 2.
... in the nutshell the sweet kernel is converted into a bitter powder, While the
power of absorption in the roots and barks of vegetables is excited into action by
the fluids applied to their mouths like the lacteals and lymphatics of animals. 2.
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| Title | Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... Volume 1 of Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, Erasmus Darwin |
| Author | Erasmus Darwin |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1801 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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