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...to retain mois- ture. It has been inferred with much probability, that the presence of woodland is generally determined* by the annual amount of moist... ..., its position at the mouth of the existing great river the Plata, and the presence of so many bones of terrestrial quadrupeds: but now Professor Ehre... ... proceeded a hundred yards, before finding indubitable signs of the recent presence of the tiger, I was obliged to come back. On every island there we... ...on record of the migrations of another butterfly, Vanessa cardui;* but the presence of other insects makes the case distinct, and even less intelligib... ...examined the gravel in the river, an for the two last days had noticed the presence of a few smal pebbles of a very cellular basalt. These gradually i... ...f resort of shipping. Captain Fitz Roy took a party there this day to hear divine service, first in the Tahitian language, and afterwards in our own. ... ...here, and the next, I trust in Providence, will be in England. We attended divine service in the chapel of Pahia; part of the service being read in En...

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...s- ing words, the old man took his broad hat and staff, and left the great presence: more as if he were some superior creature benignantly blessing Mr... ...rong command of feature, and, when- ever Mr Boffin spoke to him in Bella’s presence, or whatever revelation of himself Mr Boffin made, the Secretary’s... ...That the shadow should be deep as it came on, like the shadow of an actual presence, was in accordance with the laws of the physical world, for all th... ...onial dialogues they never addressed each other, but always some invisible presence that appeared to take a station about mid- way between them. Perha... ... of the late Secretary’s room stood open. She peeped in as she passed, and divined from the emp- tiness of his table, and the general appearance of th... ...reet, to trot to the corner and save a sixpence in coach-hire. Tippins the divine has dined herself into such a condition by this time, that a morbid ...

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...mony of a formal denuncia- tion of war has of late fallen into disuse, the presence of an enemy within our territories must be waited for, as the lega... ...ion of the reasons upon which it is founded. As far as I have been able to divine the latent meaning of the objectors, it seems to originate in a pres... ...ing men from stations in which, in certain emergencies of the state, their presence might be of the greatest moment to the public interest or safety. ... ...f the body to depend on a proportion which may be varied by the absence or presence of a single member, has the contrary effect. And as, by promoting ...