The North British Review, Том 19W.P. Kennedy, 1853 |
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... course of lectures on his favourite subjects ) about the year 1823 , under the auspices of that distinguished veteran in science , assuming the functions of assistant - keeper of the University Museum , and devoting his evening hours ...
... course of lectures on his favourite subjects ) about the year 1823 , under the auspices of that distinguished veteran in science , assuming the functions of assistant - keeper of the University Museum , and devoting his evening hours ...
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... course of 1851 , his health became seriously impaired , and , in November of that year , he retired for a time to Torquay . There , in the ensuing month of March , he had occasion to write the preface to the fourth volume of his British ...
... course of 1851 , his health became seriously impaired , and , in November of that year , he retired for a time to Torquay . There , in the ensuing month of March , he had occasion to write the preface to the fourth volume of his British ...
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... course of his researches among fossils he naturally came into connexion with the late ingenious Mr. William Nicol , whose exquisite mechanical manipulations in the slicing of petrified woods is well known . It had been found that the ...
... course of his researches among fossils he naturally came into connexion with the late ingenious Mr. William Nicol , whose exquisite mechanical manipulations in the slicing of petrified woods is well known . It had been found that the ...
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... course less headlong , through a vast trench scooped in the pale red sandstone of the upper formation . " " We stand on a wooded eminence that sinks perpendicularly into the river on the left , in a mural precipice , and descends with a ...
... course less headlong , through a vast trench scooped in the pale red sandstone of the upper formation . " " We stand on a wooded eminence that sinks perpendicularly into the river on the left , in a mural precipice , and descends with a ...
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... course of his occasional journeyings to visit his renowned associate William Wordsworth , he must assuredly have many a time and often stood entranced by the most marvellous and long- continued splendour , first , of the restricted ...
... course of his occasional journeyings to visit his renowned associate William Wordsworth , he must assuredly have many a time and often stood entranced by the most marvellous and long- continued splendour , first , of the restricted ...
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