The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Homes without Hands , being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ,
classed according to their Principle of Construction . By the Rev. J. G. Wood ,
M.A. , F.L.S. With New Designs , by W. F. Keyl and E. Smith . London , 1865 . 355
By ART .
Homes without Hands , being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ,
classed according to their Principle of Construction . By the Rev. J. G. Wood ,
M.A. , F.L.S. With New Designs , by W. F. Keyl and E. Smith . London , 1865 . 355
By ART .
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First and foremost is its use in the form of tools , without which man were indeed
but a ' poor , bare , forked animal . Every improvement in tools has marked a new
stage in civilisation , until at length , since tools have become organized as ...
First and foremost is its use in the form of tools , without which man were indeed
but a ' poor , bare , forked animal . Every improvement in tools has marked a new
stage in civilisation , until at length , since tools have become organized as ...
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His views have been partially misunderstood by some later metaphysicians . The
assertion that our conceptions of beauty were determined by custom alone was
confined by Reynolds , though not by Father Buffier , to human and animal form .
His views have been partially misunderstood by some later metaphysicians . The
assertion that our conceptions of beauty were determined by custom alone was
confined by Reynolds , though not by Father Buffier , to human and animal form .
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Nevertheless , gentlemen , ' he observed in conclusion , it must be confessed that
that wretched animal is alive , and that mine is dead . ' Barry might with truth have
said the same of the figures of Reynolds when compared with his own ...
Nevertheless , gentlemen , ' he observed in conclusion , it must be confessed that
that wretched animal is alive , and that mine is dead . ' Barry might with truth have
said the same of the figures of Reynolds when compared with his own ...
Page 157
The occasional capture of a hippopotamus may perhaps somewhat alleviate the
misery of the voyage . Mr. Baker appears to have found this animal especially
valuable in a culinary sense . Hippopotamus soup , he says , bears the same ...
The occasional capture of a hippopotamus may perhaps somewhat alleviate the
misery of the voyage . Mr. Baker appears to have found this animal especially
valuable in a culinary sense . Hippopotamus soup , he says , bears the same ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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