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... published in Duncombe's ' British Theatre ; ' in 1828-29 nine more appeared in Cum- 6 ABO berland's British Theatre ; ' and in 1837 four others were printed in Webster's Acting Drama ; ' most of which had attained some success on the ...
... published in Duncombe's ' British Theatre ; ' in 1828-29 nine more appeared in Cum- 6 ABO berland's British Theatre ; ' and in 1837 four others were printed in Webster's Acting Drama ; ' most of which had attained some success on the ...
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... published within the last few years of human remains discovered in the caverns of France and in the province of Liège , which are described as being of the same antiquity with the bones of hyænas and other extinct quadrupeds that ...
... published within the last few years of human remains discovered in the caverns of France and in the province of Liège , which are described as being of the same antiquity with the bones of hyænas and other extinct quadrupeds that ...
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... published . Arago showed that metals not magnetic exert a powerful influence on the magnetic needle , par- ticularly when in movement . Such metals appeared to become magnetic by mechanical motion - a phenomenon which has since been ...
... published . Arago showed that metals not magnetic exert a powerful influence on the magnetic needle , par- ticularly when in movement . Such metals appeared to become magnetic by mechanical motion - a phenomenon which has since been ...
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... published before his death . He left behind him fourteen quarto volumes of manuscript on this subject , with numerous drawings . Audouin , at the request of the government of France , prepared and published a work , entitled ' Histoire ...
... published before his death . He left behind him fourteen quarto volumes of manuscript on this subject , with numerous drawings . Audouin , at the request of the government of France , prepared and published a work , entitled ' Histoire ...
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... published in Paris in 1822. After having settled in Paris , and employed himself in collecting rich and varied materials for many years , he published in 1826 the first volume of his ' Atlas Ethnogra- phique du Globe ; ou ...
... published in Paris in 1822. After having settled in Paris , and employed himself in collecting rich and varied materials for many years , he published in 1826 the first volume of his ' Atlas Ethnogra- phique du Globe ; ou ...
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Página 12 - LIVINGSTONE'S SOUTH AFRICA. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa ; including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loando on the West Coast ; thence across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to, the Eastern Ocean.
Página 11 - I did not comprehend it until, creeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambesi...
Página 226 - ... to give evidence on behalf of either or any of the parties to the suit in any court of justice.
Página 38 - Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. The appointment was a popular one, especially in the City and with the House of Commons, where Mr.
Página 222 - ... and when completed shall be read over to the witness and signed by him in the presence of the parties, or such of them as may think fit to attend.
Página 266 - Fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes to step over a straw or small stick, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.
Página 144 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
Página 185 - Zealand as one end of the mighty wave of the unstable and ever-shifting crust of the earth, of which the opposite end, after having been long submerged, has again risen with its accumulated deposits in North America...
Página 11 - From this cloud rushed up a great jet of vapour exactly like steam, and it mounted 200 or 300 feet high ; there condensing, it changed its hue to that of dark smoke, and came back in a constant shower, which soon wetted us to the skin.
Página 153 - Notice of a discovery of a new fossil animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and the Crocodile; together with general remarks on the osteology of the Ichthyosaurus', Transactions of the Geological Society of London, ist series, vol.