The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, Volume 5John Murray, 1818 - Science |
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... species , " by Dr. Leach ; of which , and of Dr. Davy's paper on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere , we have given some account in our Quarterly Re- ports of the Proceedings of the Royal Society . A paper by Sir W. Herschell ...
... species , " by Dr. Leach ; of which , and of Dr. Davy's paper on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere , we have given some account in our Quarterly Re- ports of the Proceedings of the Royal Society . A paper by Sir W. Herschell ...
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... species and the stability of society , to be the most important ; and we must refer such readers , as are unwilling to lose the benefit of inge- nious suggestions on the origin of the arts in remote anti- quity , to the work from which ...
... species and the stability of society , to be the most important ; and we must refer such readers , as are unwilling to lose the benefit of inge- nious suggestions on the origin of the arts in remote anti- quity , to the work from which ...
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... species of desolation was fol- lowed by another , in quick succession , and the world was thinned in its number by pestilence and famine , the sword exhibited too certain a cause of the deep debasement of the human mind , and of the ...
... species of desolation was fol- lowed by another , in quick succession , and the world was thinned in its number by pestilence and famine , the sword exhibited too certain a cause of the deep debasement of the human mind , and of the ...
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... species ; it selects or combines the most prominent beauties of the creation , or paints the images that most interest our sympathies and feelings ; but as these objects are , either by observation or tradition , always present to our ...
... species ; it selects or combines the most prominent beauties of the creation , or paints the images that most interest our sympathies and feelings ; but as these objects are , either by observation or tradition , always present to our ...
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... species , their improvements , which are always interwoven with a variety of knowledge and de- pendant on each other for their mutual support , are easily impeded , and when once this embodied system is broken or de- stroyed , we must ...
... species , their improvements , which are always interwoven with a variety of knowledge and de- pendant on each other for their mutual support , are easily impeded , and when once this embodied system is broken or de- stroyed , we must ...
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