The Magazine of Natural History, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Natural history |
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Page 18
... period of its disappearance . The following Table shows that the swift is sometimes seen in Sep- tember , once so ... periods both of arrival and departure for the most part coincide pretty nearly with those of the house swallows . If ...
... period of its disappearance . The following Table shows that the swift is sometimes seen in Sep- tember , once so ... periods both of arrival and departure for the most part coincide pretty nearly with those of the house swallows . If ...
Page 64
... periods mentioned are only quoted from - It was very early in the spring of 1827 , that a bird had been lost from a cage , which was still hanging up , with the door open , in the passage entrance to the back court of a gentleman's ...
... periods mentioned are only quoted from - It was very early in the spring of 1827 , that a bird had been lost from a cage , which was still hanging up , with the door open , in the passage entrance to the back court of a gentleman's ...
Page 68
... period was at 60 , for , as it lay stretched out , the joints of the abdomen , if I may use that term for the pliable parts which are not so visible in a mature subject ( like the joints of a lobster's body ) , were transparent , and I ...
... period was at 60 , for , as it lay stretched out , the joints of the abdomen , if I may use that term for the pliable parts which are not so visible in a mature subject ( like the joints of a lobster's body ) , were transparent , and I ...
Page 75
... period . Our opinion is , that the Frenchman of the northern provinces is , by nature , a superior animal to either the English- man or the German ; but that by education , including the influence of government , religion , and the ...
... period . Our opinion is , that the Frenchman of the northern provinces is , by nature , a superior animal to either the English- man or the German ; but that by education , including the influence of government , religion , and the ...
Page 76
... period every thing worth knowing may be taught , and a style of manners and morals formed and impressed in such a way as to remain during future life . Every one submitted , so to speak , to this degree of education , will not profit ...
... period every thing worth knowing may be taught , and a style of manners and morals formed and impressed in such a way as to remain during future life . Every one submitted , so to speak , to this degree of education , will not profit ...
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