The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 16권Charles Knight, 1840 |
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... species are confined in a wild state . The M. Sapientum , or Plantain , of which the Banana , or M. Paradisiaca , is a slight variety , has a fruit used to a prodigious extent by the inhabitants of the torrid zone ; and , from its ...
... species are confined in a wild state . The M. Sapientum , or Plantain , of which the Banana , or M. Paradisiaca , is a slight variety , has a fruit used to a prodigious extent by the inhabitants of the torrid zone ; and , from its ...
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... species of striking beauty . The Helico- nias are the principal American form , nearly all the others being found in the Old World ; of these the species are conspicuous for their brilliantly coloured rigid boat- shaped bracts ...
... species of striking beauty . The Helico- nias are the principal American form , nearly all the others being found in the Old World ; of these the species are conspicuous for their brilliantly coloured rigid boat- shaped bracts ...
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... species high on the legs and with a short tail ( Turdus auritus , Gm . - Conopophaga , Vieillot ) ; the True Flycatchers ( Muscicapa , Cuv . ) ; and other variations of form , principally in the bill , which be- comes more slender in ...
... species high on the legs and with a short tail ( Turdus auritus , Gm . - Conopophaga , Vieillot ) ; the True Flycatchers ( Muscicapa , Cuv . ) ; and other variations of form , principally in the bill , which be- comes more slender in ...
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... species only is yet known , the Gubernetes forficatus , remarkable for its long forked tail : to this succeeds Psaris , where we find nearly all the species coloured alike ; that is , they are more or less of a grey or pearl white ...
... species only is yet known , the Gubernetes forficatus , remarkable for its long forked tail : to this succeeds Psaris , where we find nearly all the species coloured alike ; that is , they are more or less of a grey or pearl white ...
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... species , which are exceedingly numerous , with the exception of the genus Todus , are only and Muscicapa ; the aberrant are Megalophus , Monacha , found in the Old World . The typical genera are Todus and Rhipidura : the two first are ...
... species , which are exceedingly numerous , with the exception of the genus Todus , are only and Muscicapa ; the aberrant are Megalophus , Monacha , found in the Old World . The typical genera are Todus and Rhipidura : the two first are ...
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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...