Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... head not unlike that of a bull - dog ; and it was called by the ancients , kuno- cephalous , or dog - headed , on account of that peculiar constitution of its head . But after the passage to MAN AND MONKEYS 5.
... head not unlike that of a bull - dog ; and it was called by the ancients , kuno- cephalous , or dog - headed , on account of that peculiar constitution of its head . But after the passage to MAN AND MONKEYS 5.
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... head . But after the passage to the East Indies around by the Cape of Good Hope had been dis- covered , naturalists became acquainted with several kinds of monkeys in the East Indies and on the West Coast of Africa which stand far above ...
... head . But after the passage to the East Indies around by the Cape of Good Hope had been dis- covered , naturalists became acquainted with several kinds of monkeys in the East Indies and on the West Coast of Africa which stand far above ...
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... head , which is protruded like a fox , and they are occasionally called " fox monkeys " on that account . They have a pointed snout , are more carnivorous than monkeys generally are , and their fingers are more numerously provided with ...
... head , which is protruded like a fox , and they are occasionally called " fox monkeys " on that account . They have a pointed snout , are more carnivorous than monkeys generally are , and their fingers are more numerously provided with ...
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... head and on the neck , in the mane , and so on . Then we have an- other group : the long - tailed monkeys in the Old World , which are remarkable for their slender form , the great length of the tail , the more prominent snout , the ...
... head and on the neck , in the mane , and so on . Then we have an- other group : the long - tailed monkeys in the Old World , which are remarkable for their slender form , the great length of the tail , the more prominent snout , the ...
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... head only in a vertical position . He has not , as animals have , a liga- ment with which he may support the head in a horizontal position with ease ; but the head must be balanced on the top of the vertical column in order that it may ...
... head only in a vertical position . He has not , as animals have , a liga- ment with which he may support the head in a horizontal position with ease ; but the head must be balanced on the top of the vertical column in order that it may ...
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