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" I have elsewhere shown, if the viscera of an animal are so organized as only to be fitted for the digestion of recent flesh, it is also requisite that the jaws should be so constructed as to fit them for devouring prey ; the claws must be constructed... "
History of the Inductive Sciences: XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII ... - Page 510
by William Whewell - 1847
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 5

English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...as to fit them for devouring theirprey; the claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh...organs of sense for discovering it at a distance. Hence any one who observes merely the print of a clown foot, may conclude that it has been left fcy...
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The Analectic Magazine, Volume 4

1814 - 550 pages
...to fit them for devouring their prey ; the claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh...it; and the organs of sense for discovering it at a <ii*tance. Hence any one who observes merely the print of a cloven foot, may conclude that it has been...
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Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Volume 4

1814 - 580 pages
...to fit them for devouring their prey ; the claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh...overtaking it; and the organs of sense for discovering it atadis»e. Hence any one who observes merely the print of a cloven foot, conclude that it has been...
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Essay on the Theory of the Earth

Georges baron Cuvier, Robert Jameson - Earth - 1817 - 394 pages
...constructed as to fit them for devouring prey ; the claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh...for pursuing and overtaking it ; and 'the organs of siense, for discovering it at a distance. Nature also must have endowed the brain of the animal with...
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Essay on the Theory of the Earth

Georges baron Cuvier - Fossils - 1818 - 458 pages
...constructed as to fit them for devouring prey ; the claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh...of sense, for discovering it at a distance. Nature also must have endowed the brain of the animal with instincts sufficient for concealing itself, and...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 3

H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1818 - 500 pages
...constructed as to fit them lor devouring1 prey ; the claws must be connti^ucted for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh ; the entire system of the limb* or organs of motion, for pursuing and overtaking it; and the organs of sense, for discovering...
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 8

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1819 - 508 pages
...recent flesh, the jaws must be constructed for devouring prev, the claws for seizing and tearing it to pieces, the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh, the entire system of the limbs for pursuing and overtaking it, and the organs of sense for discerning it at a distance. — The smallest...
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Essay on the Theory of the Earth

Georges baron Cuvier - Science - 1822 - 508 pages
...be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh j the entire system of the limbs, or organs of motion,...of sense, for discovering it at a distance. Nature also must have endowed the brain of the animal with instincts sufficient for concealing itself, and...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 18

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...to fit them for devouring their prey ; the claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces; the teeth for cutting and dividing its flesh...organs of sense for discovering it at a distance. Hence any one who observes merely the print of a cloven foot, may conclude that it has been left by...
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Inaugural Address on the Application of Classical and Scientific Education ...

William Daniel Conybeare - Theology - 1831 - 188 pages
...claws must be constructed for seizing and tearing it to pieces ; the teeth for cutting and dividing the flesh ; the entire system of the limbs, or organs...of sense, for discovering it at a distance. Nature also must have endowed the brain of the animal with instinct sufficient for concealing itself, and...
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