The Quarterly Review, Volume 50William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1834 |
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... short existence on a particular planet . The higher intelligences must look upon us as mere ephemera or rather the beings of a moment . Can we count the objects which the microscope discloses to our view ? Have we yet , after the ...
... short existence on a particular planet . The higher intelligences must look upon us as mere ephemera or rather the beings of a moment . Can we count the objects which the microscope discloses to our view ? Have we yet , after the ...
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... other seeds being deposited upon it , yet in a short time plants vegetated from it .'- Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History , pp . 139 , 40 . Thus Thus we find in the internal functions of plants , The Universe and its Author . 21.
... other seeds being deposited upon it , yet in a short time plants vegetated from it .'- Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History , pp . 139 , 40 . Thus Thus we find in the internal functions of plants , The Universe and its Author . 21.
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... short- ened , the clockwork of these productions , if we may use the ex- pression , would require a totally new construction , in order to adjust their hours to the changes in the rising or setting of the sun . Night is for man and ...
... short- ened , the clockwork of these productions , if we may use the ex- pression , would require a totally new construction , in order to adjust their hours to the changes in the rising or setting of the sun . Night is for man and ...
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... short , we really have never seen so flagrant a case of plagiarism , presumption , and ignorance , as Mr. Madden's pretence to classical learning ; there is scarcely a quotation in the whole work that does not betray Mr. Madden's total ...
... short , we really have never seen so flagrant a case of plagiarism , presumption , and ignorance , as Mr. Madden's pretence to classical learning ; there is scarcely a quotation in the whole work that does not betray Mr. Madden's total ...
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... short , hypochondria is the middle state between the vapours of dyspepsia and the delusions of monomania .'- vol . i . , p . 210 . " Excellent ! If we at all understand this kind of reasoning , it would prove , that Johnson was ...
... short , hypochondria is the middle state between the vapours of dyspepsia and the delusions of monomania .'- vol . i . , p . 210 . " Excellent ! If we at all understand this kind of reasoning , it would prove , that Johnson was ...
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