The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 16권Charles Knight, 1840 |
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... genus of plants having eatable fruit in tropical countries . They consist of herbaceous plants , having a gigantic simple stem , thickly clothed with the sheathing petioles of long , broad , horizontal leaves , which form a tuft , like ...
... genus of plants having eatable fruit in tropical countries . They consist of herbaceous plants , having a gigantic simple stem , thickly clothed with the sheathing petioles of long , broad , horizontal leaves , which form a tuft , like ...
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... genus is Asiatic ; the wild plantain is found in the forests of Chittagong , where it blossoms during the rains ; Musa coccinea , a dwarf sort , with a stem not more than three or four feet high , is found in China ; M. ornata and ...
... genus is Asiatic ; the wild plantain is found in the forests of Chittagong , where it blossoms during the rains ; Musa coccinea , a dwarf sort , with a stem not more than three or four feet high , is found in China ; M. ornata and ...
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... genus Muscicapa , containing the true flycatchers , the Tyrants ( Muscicapa Tyrannus ) , and several other spe- cies , to the amount of twenty - one , between the genera Fringilla and Motacilla . Cuvier places the Gobe - mouches ...
... genus Muscicapa , containing the true flycatchers , the Tyrants ( Muscicapa Tyrannus ) , and several other spe- cies , to the amount of twenty - one , between the genera Fringilla and Motacilla . Cuvier places the Gobe - mouches ...
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... genus Tyrannus , Cuv . , which , in his opinion , unites them with the Muscicapidae , in which family indeed that genus has generally been classed , and from which he would separate it , chiefly on account of the strength of the bill ...
... genus Tyrannus , Cuv . , which , in his opinion , unites them with the Muscicapidae , in which family indeed that genus has generally been classed , and from which he would separate it , chiefly on account of the strength of the bill ...
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... genus by which they appear to be connected with the waterchats , through the medium of Alectrura . One species only is yet known , the Gubernetes forficatus , remarkable for its long forked tail : to this succeeds Psaris , where we find ...
... genus by which they appear to be connected with the waterchats , through the medium of Alectrura . One species only is yet known , the Gubernetes forficatus , remarkable for its long forked tail : to this succeeds Psaris , where we find ...
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201 페이지 - 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.
139 페이지 - ... 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...
201 페이지 - 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.
34 페이지 - 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.
44 페이지 - 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.
138 페이지 - 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.
140 페이지 - ... 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.
44 페이지 - 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...
139 페이지 - ... served on shore with the army four months, and commanded the batteries at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi...
44 페이지 - 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...