The North British Review, Том 19W.P. Kennedy, 1853 |
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... position , which , well enough it may be , when married to " im- mortal verse , " is sometimes unfortunately found disjoined from precision and even from truthfulness of scientific statement when applied to mortal prose . His ...
... position , which , well enough it may be , when married to " im- mortal verse , " is sometimes unfortunately found disjoined from precision and even from truthfulness of scientific statement when applied to mortal prose . His ...
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... position . appears to us , that he never amalgamated sufficiently with his fellow - creatures , notwithstanding the ameliorating effect of his studies in the great and inexhaustible book of nature , which , while they assuredly lead to ...
... position . appears to us , that he never amalgamated sufficiently with his fellow - creatures , notwithstanding the ameliorating effect of his studies in the great and inexhaustible book of nature , which , while they assuredly lead to ...
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... position , and this occa- sions a flash of silvered light , from the exhibition of the lower portion of the plumage , suddenly turned again to darkness when the surface of the back and broadened pinions comes to view . In Holland , as ...
... position , and this occa- sions a flash of silvered light , from the exhibition of the lower portion of the plumage , suddenly turned again to darkness when the surface of the back and broadened pinions comes to view . In Holland , as ...
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... position for any shore - land species . The birds called Sandpipers are numerous and diversified . The English term is applied without much discrimination to many species , which ought to differ in name , as they do in nature . The more ...
... position for any shore - land species . The birds called Sandpipers are numerous and diversified . The English term is applied without much discrimination to many species , which ought to differ in name , as they do in nature . The more ...
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... position by one of the crew , yielded compensation by effectually stopping the leak which it must otherwise have made . 3dly , Mr. William Thompson , while discoursing on the depth at which a gannet perceives , and will descend to in ...
... position by one of the crew , yielded compensation by effectually stopping the leak which it must otherwise have made . 3dly , Mr. William Thompson , while discoursing on the depth at which a gannet perceives , and will descend to in ...
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