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... supposed , would have been a heavy blow ; for Austria had been long re- garded , not only as a political rival , but as a competitor in commerce . The repetition of similar acts of barbarism and selfishness has been rendered impossible ...
... supposed that no animal exists with a gullet sufficiently wide to allow of the passage of a man to the stomach . This , however , is an error . The white shark , that terrible foe to sailors , is quite able to swallow a man whole . A ...
... supposed to deserve its character :-( 1 ) Because it will swal- low stones , iron , & c . & c .; ( 2 ) Because , when it is hunted , it thrusts its head into a bush , and imagines the hunters do not see it , an old conceit , properly ...
... supposed requisite of being two and a half cubits high . Professor Stanley's ' large red - legged cranes ' are evidently white storks ( Ciconia alba ) , and would suit as to height , but certainly not as to flavour . Had the learned ...
... supposed that these leaves were for food , but Mr. Bates , who has paid a good deal of attention to the subject , convinced himself that the leaves were taken for the purpose of lining the channels of the nest , and not for food . Ants ...