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... Common or Fallow Deer " 37 FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING 58 Mr. Archer- " On Products of the Quadrumana " .. 61 SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING Dr. Inman- " On Adaptability to Altered Circumstances " Dr. Nevins- " On the Phytotype or Archetype of the ...
... Common or Fallow Deer " 37 FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING 58 Mr. Archer- " On Products of the Quadrumana " .. 61 SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING Dr. Inman- " On Adaptability to Altered Circumstances " Dr. Nevins- " On the Phytotype or Archetype of the ...
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... common with the Mediterranean Sea , and the other ( 4 . hyalina ) having been hitherto nowhere seen except upon that little isolated rock at the mouth of the Dee , called Hilbre Island . The following communication was then made : - ON THE.
... common with the Mediterranean Sea , and the other ( 4 . hyalina ) having been hitherto nowhere seen except upon that little isolated rock at the mouth of the Dee , called Hilbre Island . The following communication was then made : - ON THE.
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... science . But there is slight need for apprehension that these externals of science will receive too little attention ; such has never been the common fault . The melancholy fruits of an opposite course are manifest , and 23.
... science . But there is slight need for apprehension that these externals of science will receive too little attention ; such has never been the common fault . The melancholy fruits of an opposite course are manifest , and 23.
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... common use after quite another than the author's meaning , and fields of logomachia will lose much of their interest . Broader , deeper , perhaps less exact , will be the limits of criticism ; but the noble thoughts of other days will ...
... common use after quite another than the author's meaning , and fields of logomachia will lose much of their interest . Broader , deeper , perhaps less exact , will be the limits of criticism ; but the noble thoughts of other days will ...
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... common interest , and natural affection , reason out the probable results , or classify the facts presented , as we contemplate the features of the intercourse subsisting between the members of our race ? It cannot be ! Systems so ...
... common interest , and natural affection , reason out the probable results , or classify the facts presented , as we contemplate the features of the intercourse subsisting between the members of our race ? It cannot be ! Systems so ...
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abundant Alcyonaria amongst animals annelids appearance atmosphere banks barometer beautiful beds Bidston bird branch British Bromboro Bromborough brown budding Bunter calicles Caryophyllacea cells character Cheshire Collingwood colour common coral curious cyclone deposits distinct Edward eggs England exhibited existence explosion F. P. Marrat Fallow deer feet fish flint flower foraminifera Forest frequently fruit genus growth H. H. Higgins habits Henry Hilbre homomorphism Hook humour illustration insects invertebrata Keuper Keuper sandstone lamellæ leaf leaves less Linn Liverpool living magnetic marl Marrat mollusca moss nature neighbourhood nest observed occur ORDINARY MEETING organ Oxton placed plant plumule polyps polyzoa portion present Proceedings quadrumana quadrupeds radicle remarkable resemblance resident rocks ROYAL INSTITUTION sandstone Society sometimes species specimens spiral vessel spotted stamens stem Storeton strata surface tentacles trees tube upper Bunter venison walls whilst woods zoophyte
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Side 142 - fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head, How begot, how nourished ? Reply, reply. Is it engendered in the eyes, With gazing fed, and fancy dies In the cradle, where it lies? Let us all ring fancy's knell; 111 begin
Side 150 - sadness" and "attention," "thoughtfulness" and "reflection;" and between "mirth," and "thoughtlessness," and "inattention." Thus, in " Midsummer Night's Dream," IV., i.— " Then, my queen, in silence sad, Trip we after the night's shade.
Side 145 - but now This house, these servants, and this same myself, Are yours." Portia contrasts the immediate past with the present time. To the former period she refers
Side 179 - their wont is to tie their baby children by the foot with a string, to save them from rolling into the water. They feed their horses and their other beasts upon numerous animals, among which were Elephas primigenius Rhinoceros tichorrhinus, Bos primigenius, Cervus tarandus, Equus fossilis, Lepus diluvianus, Ursus spelseus, Hyaena
Side 179 - Platforms supported upon tall pilesj stand in the middle of the lake, which are approached from the land by a single narrow bridge. At the first the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which
Side 28 - attributes who placed them there, Fulfil the purpose, and appear design'd, Proofs of the wisdom of the all-seeing mind, 'Tis plain the creature, whom he chose to invest With kingship and dominion o'er the rest, Received
Side 104 - that slight modifications of instinct might be profitable to a species; and if it can be shown that instincts do vary, ever so little, then I can see no difficulty in natural selection preserving, and continually accumulating variations of instinct to any extent that may be profitable." Here, then, Darwin compares instinct to habit, and argues concerning it as he would argue concerning habit.
Side 175 - Although the accompanying shells are of living species, I believe the antiquity of the Abbeville and Amiens flint instruments to be great indeed, if compared to the times of history or tradition." " I consider the gravel to be of fluviatile origin, but I could detetct nothing in the structure of its several parts
Side 146 - win At that sport, and stake down. But who comes here? Lorenzo and his infidel ? What, and My old Venetian friend, Salerio ?
Side 180 - and when a part of the mountain which hemmed in the water suddenly gave way, the dead bodies were carried downwards by the flood into the crevices and hollows of the country below. The bones fish, which abound in the lake to such a degree that a man