The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 8Charles Knight, 1837 |
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Page 71
... short bristles . Wings short , rounded . Tail moderate , graduated . Feet slender . ( Lesson ) . The genus , as modified by Lesson , contains but two species . He thinks that it would be better placed among the Dentirostres at the side ...
... short bristles . Wings short , rounded . Tail moderate , graduated . Feet slender . ( Lesson ) . The genus , as modified by Lesson , contains but two species . He thinks that it would be better placed among the Dentirostres at the side ...
Page 74
... short ones , so that the mass of inflorescence is an inverted cone , as in candytuft and many other cruciferous plants . The corymb is , in fact , an umbel with a lengthened axis . From this word is derived the term corymbose , which is ...
... short ones , so that the mass of inflorescence is an inverted cone , as in candytuft and many other cruciferous plants . The corymb is , in fact , an umbel with a lengthened axis . From this word is derived the term corymbose , which is ...
Page 75
... short - tailed crustaceans . Exterior antennæ longer than the body , seta- ceous , with two rows of cilia . Jaw - feet ( pieds - machoires ) having their third joint longer than the second , straight , terminated by an obtuse point ...
... short - tailed crustaceans . Exterior antennæ longer than the body , seta- ceous , with two rows of cilia . Jaw - feet ( pieds - machoires ) having their third joint longer than the second , straight , terminated by an obtuse point ...
Page 79
... short vest in the Polish style , large trowsers of deep blue , and a black sheepskin cap . Their arms consist of a long spear , sabre , musket , pair of pistols , and a whip with a leather thong , called a natraika , which they apply to ...
... short vest in the Polish style , large trowsers of deep blue , and a black sheepskin cap . Their arms consist of a long spear , sabre , musket , pair of pistols , and a whip with a leather thong , called a natraika , which they apply to ...
Page 89
... short distance north of Bath . Their whole length may be somewhat more than forty - five miles . They are divided into the upper and lower Cotteswolds . The upper extend from Chipping Cambden to Stroud , running nearly from N.N.E. to ...
... short distance north of Bath . Their whole length may be somewhat more than forty - five miles . They are divided into the upper and lower Cotteswolds . The upper extend from Chipping Cambden to Stroud , running nearly from N.N.E. to ...
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Page 170 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subjectmatter would...
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Page 170 - I knew not), very ordinarily appareled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hat-band ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side; his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Page 170 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature...