The Invasion, Volume 1

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Saunders and Otley, 1832 - Ireland - 545 pages

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Page 4 - A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom : together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c.
Page 5 - GOOD.-THE BOOK OF NATURE. A Popular Illustration of the General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, MDFRS, &c.
Page 4 - A GRAMMAR of BOTANY, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural Classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's System.
Page 7 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Page 8 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 7 - Fitzford," &c. &c. 3 vols. post 8vo. 11. 7s. boards. THE STORY OF A LIFE. Two vols. post 8vo. Third Edition. 18s. boards. " We involuntarily follow, and smile, and weep, and recover again, and pause in wonder at the skill of the magician, whose wand has such strange power over our faculties.
Page 7 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W.
Page 4 - Svo. 1Ss. cloth. LINDLEY.— A SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH FLORA, Arranged according to the Natural Orders.
Page 6 - It is impossible to read a page in the volume before us that does not bear the stamp of originality and of high poetical talents."— Gents.
Page xiv - Irish readers who may not regret to find embodied, in a work of imagination, a synopsis of the early constitution, and of the moral history of their native land, and who may regard with an interest more permanent, if not more exciting, than that which addresses itself to the passions, an attempt at tracing, to their remotest origin, some of the influences which have concurred in the formation of the national character.

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