The Quarterly Review, Томи 55 – 56John Murray, 1836 |
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... Observations on some of the Dialects in the West of England . By James Jennings . 5. The Hallamshire Glossary . By the Rev. Joseph Hunter 6. The Dialect of Craven . With a copious Glossary . By a Native of Craven . 7. The Vocabulary of ...
... Observations on some of the Dialects in the West of England . By James Jennings . 5. The Hallamshire Glossary . By the Rev. Joseph Hunter 6. The Dialect of Craven . With a copious Glossary . By a Native of Craven . 7. The Vocabulary of ...
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... observing that she turned round , as if meditating a second attempt on my life before entering the bush , I lay down in the long grass , by which means I escaped her observation . On reaching the top of the hill I met my brother , who ...
... observing that she turned round , as if meditating a second attempt on my life before entering the bush , I lay down in the long grass , by which means I escaped her observation . On reaching the top of the hill I met my brother , who ...
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... observations at his own ease and for his own amusement , regardless of his fame , and unwilling to communicate the result of his labours to others , as some of his contemporaries and even his more recent biographers have too ...
... observations at his own ease and for his own amusement , regardless of his fame , and unwilling to communicate the result of his labours to others , as some of his contemporaries and even his more recent biographers have too ...
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... observations of the planets , the moon and the stars , the sun's horizontal parallax , & c . , with a variety of astrono- mical calculations , which were mostly inserted in the Philosophical Transactions , to which he became a constant ...
... observations of the planets , the moon and the stars , the sun's horizontal parallax , & c . , with a variety of astrono- mical calculations , which were mostly inserted in the Philosophical Transactions , to which he became a constant ...
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... observations : 2o . The height of two stars , and on which side of the meridian they appeared : • 3 ° . The height of the moon's two limbs . 4 ° . The height of the pole : -All to degrees and minutes . It was easy to perceive , from ...
... observations : 2o . The height of two stars , and on which side of the meridian they appeared : • 3 ° . The height of the moon's two limbs . 4 ° . The height of the pole : -All to degrees and minutes . It was easy to perceive , from ...
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Сторінка 529 - ... dulcifying a substance, naturally so mild and dulcet as the flesh of young pigs. It looks like refining a violet. Yet we should be cautious, while we condemn the inhumanity, how we censure the wisdom of the practice.
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Сторінка 529 - ... a substance, naturally so mild and dulcet as the flesh of young pigs. It looks like refining a violet. Yet we should be cautious, while we condemn the inhumanity, how we censure the wisdom of the practice. It might impart a gusto.
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