The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volym 16Charles Knight, 1840 |
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... given , Psaris , Cuv . , and Pachyrynchus , Spix . Of these we select Psaris as an example . Generic Character . - Bill large . The rictus smooth , often naked round the eye . Wings lengthened ; the first quill equal to or longer than ...
... given , Psaris , Cuv . , and Pachyrynchus , Spix . Of these we select Psaris as an example . Generic Character . - Bill large . The rictus smooth , often naked round the eye . Wings lengthened ; the first quill equal to or longer than ...
Sida 13
... given : - Gubernetes , Vig . Alectrurus , Vieill . Fluvicola , Sw . ( with its subgenus Blechropus , Sw . Pepoaza , D'Azar . ) . Seisura , Horsf . and Vig . Perspicilla , Sw . Of these we select Gubernetes . Generic Character . - Bill ...
... given : - Gubernetes , Vig . Alectrurus , Vieill . Fluvicola , Sw . ( with its subgenus Blechropus , Sw . Pepoaza , D'Azar . ) . Seisura , Horsf . and Vig . Perspicilla , Sw . Of these we select Gubernetes . Generic Character . - Bill ...
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... given by Mr. Swainson in the ' Synopsis ' are southern boundary ; and we have also frequently observed - Eurylaimus , Horsf .; Cymbirhynchus , Vig .; Platystomus , it among collections from India . ' The nest , loosely con- Sw . ( both ...
... given by Mr. Swainson in the ' Synopsis ' are southern boundary ; and we have also frequently observed - Eurylaimus , Horsf .; Cymbirhynchus , Vig .; Platystomus , it among collections from India . ' The nest , loosely con- Sw . ( both ...
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... given time , Dr. Wollaston concluded that the number of vibra- tions of a contracted muscle is between twenty and thirty in a second . The sound thus produced has acquired great importance from its application in auscultation . It is ...
... given time , Dr. Wollaston concluded that the number of vibra- tions of a contracted muscle is between twenty and thirty in a second . The sound thus produced has acquired great importance from its application in auscultation . It is ...
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... given by Ptolemy quate to all the ordinary purposes of man in a social Philadelphus - the munificent patron of all the liberal and useful arts , who made Egypt the mart of the world - tells us that more than six hundred musicians were ...
... given by Ptolemy quate to all the ordinary purposes of man in a social Philadelphus - the munificent patron of all the liberal and useful arts , who made Egypt the mart of the world - tells us that more than six hundred musicians were ...
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Sida 201 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Sida 139 - ... there was room for one of ours to anchor. The plan which he intended to pursue, therefore, was to keep entirely on the outer side of the French line, and station his ships, as far as he was able, one on the outer bow and another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's. Captain Berry, when he comprehended the scope of the design, exclaimed with transport, " If we succeed, what will the world say? " " There is no if in the case...
Sida 201 - I beg your pardon for my having hard thoughts of you for it, and for representing that you struck at the root of morality, in a principle you laid down in your Book of Ideas, and designed to pursue in another book, and that I took you for a Hobbist. I beg your pardon, also for saying or thinking that there was a design to sell me an office, or to embroil me. I am your most humble and unfortunate servant, Is. NEWTON.
Sida 34 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law.
Sida 44 - On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetched, Even from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment.
Sida 138 - Koleroon, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the south by the Marawar country,' and on the west by Trichinopoly and the Tondiman's country.
Sida 140 - ... commanded to spare Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies of the English.
Sida 44 - And filled the illumined groves with ravishment. The nightly hunter, lifting a bright eye Up towards the crescent moon, with grateful heart Called on the lovely wanderer who bestowed That timely light, to share his joyous sport : And hence, a beaming Goddess with her Nymphs, Across the lawn and through the darksome grove...
Sida 139 - ... served on shore with the army four months, and commanded the batteries at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi...
Sida 44 - Zephyrs fanning, as they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves and twigs by hoary age, From depth of shaggy covert peeping forth In the low vale, or on steep...