The Quarterly Review, Volumes 256-257John Murray, 1931 |
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Page 43
... Head is intimately associated with the College . At Oxford the Boar's Head is carried every Christmastide in procession from the kitchen to the High Table . At the head of its retinue march two serving- men , bearing the head on high ...
... Head is intimately associated with the College . At Oxford the Boar's Head is carried every Christmastide in procession from the kitchen to the High Table . At the head of its retinue march two serving- men , bearing the head on high ...
Page 240
... head much like a seal's , at all events the head of a mammal , of an animal , that is , which breathes with lungs , not as a fish with gills . Such an animal must , like the whale , come up to the surface to breathe . On the other hand ...
... head much like a seal's , at all events the head of a mammal , of an animal , that is , which breathes with lungs , not as a fish with gills . Such an animal must , like the whale , come up to the surface to breathe . On the other hand ...
Page 242
... head is , however , attributed to a long , thin , flexible serpentine creature seen by Captain Laurence Thomson of the liner ' Nemesis ' on Oct. 25 , 1900 , off the coast of Western Australia , behind the head of which rose a membrane ...
... head is , however , attributed to a long , thin , flexible serpentine creature seen by Captain Laurence Thomson of the liner ' Nemesis ' on Oct. 25 , 1900 , off the coast of Western Australia , behind the head of which rose a membrane ...
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