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... produce black flowers ? No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black and none has been ... produced , because black represents a total absence of sunlight and does not exist among flowers in the natural ...
... produce black flowers ? No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black and none has been ... produced , because black represents a total absence of sunlight and does not exist among flowers in the natural ...
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... produce religious frenzy . An overdose of one of these beverages made by the medicine man of the Yokuts of California ... produced a state of intoxication or delirium . Medicine men and prophets resorted to this method of producing ...
... produce religious frenzy . An overdose of one of these beverages made by the medicine man of the Yokuts of California ... produced a state of intoxication or delirium . Medicine men and prophets resorted to this method of producing ...
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... produced so gradually that no great pain was felt , the eyes were forced outward by the steady and prolonged pressure of the board and the child pre- sented a horrible appearance which has been aptly likened to a mouse choked in a trap ...
... produced so gradually that no great pain was felt , the eyes were forced outward by the steady and prolonged pressure of the board and the child pre- sented a horrible appearance which has been aptly likened to a mouse choked in a trap ...
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