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Page 159
... light a fly everywhere , save among those who have learnt by experience how to catch trout . As Sir Herbert Maxwell has proved by experiment , trout have no perception of colour except so far as the fly is light or dark . He found dark ...
... light a fly everywhere , save among those who have learnt by experience how to catch trout . As Sir Herbert Maxwell has proved by experiment , trout have no perception of colour except so far as the fly is light or dark . He found dark ...
Page 394
... light on the matter . Probably , if there was a thunderbolt , it fell into the river ; for it is well known that water is a great conductor of the electric fluid , and thunderstorms often seem to follow the course of a stream . The ...
... light on the matter . Probably , if there was a thunderbolt , it fell into the river ; for it is well known that water is a great conductor of the electric fluid , and thunderstorms often seem to follow the course of a stream . The ...
Page 417
... light when the sun goes down , are peopled not alone by human flesh and blood . " There are also terres- trial bodies , and bodies celestial . But the glory of the celestial is one , and the glory of the terrestrial is another . " Who ...
... light when the sun goes down , are peopled not alone by human flesh and blood . " There are also terres- trial bodies , and bodies celestial . But the glory of the celestial is one , and the glory of the terrestrial is another . " Who ...
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