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An History Of The Earth, And Animated Nature: In Eight Volumes, Volume 2

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Oliver Goldsmith

Williams, 1776 - 399 pages

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Contents

A Comparison of Animals with the inferior Ranks	1

Of the Generation of Animals	15

The Infancy of Man	52

Of Puberty	70

Of the Age of Manhood	79

Of Sleep and Hunger	123

Of Seeing	145

Of Hearing	162

Of Old Age and Death	193

Of the Varieties in the Human Race	211

Of Monsters	243

Of Mummies WaxWorks c	267

Of Animals	288

Of Quadrupedes in general com pared to Man	309

Of the Horfe	351

Of the Afs	374

Of Smelling Feeling and Tafting	178

Of the Zebra	390

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The History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 2
Oliver Goldsmith
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An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 2
Oliver Goldsmith
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The history of the earth and animated nature, Volume 2
Oliver Goldsmith
Full view - 1791

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Title	An History Of The Earth, And Animated Nature: In Eight Volumes, Volume 2
Author	Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher	Williams, 1776
Original from	Deutsches Museum
Digitized	11 Jun 2018
Length	399 pages

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