The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 152A. Constable, 1880 |
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... House ' of the New Atlantis ' received a ' local habitation ' in Bishopsgate Street , and Bacon's splendid * Weld , ' History of the Royal Society , ' vol . i . Р 51 . C fable was brought to the test of actual , if 10 July , The English ...
... House ' of the New Atlantis ' received a ' local habitation ' in Bishopsgate Street , and Bacon's splendid * Weld , ' History of the Royal Society , ' vol . i . Р 51 . C fable was brought to the test of actual , if 10 July , The English ...
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... House had all their representatives amongst the learned knot , ' who designed To make themselves a corporation And know all things by demonstration . * C Their offices , it is true , were not so sharply defined , nor the division of ...
... House had all their representatives amongst the learned knot , ' who designed To make themselves a corporation And know all things by demonstration . * C Their offices , it is true , were not so sharply defined , nor the division of ...
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... alike , but every petted house - dog has a distinct individuality of its own . A large black dog , who was for many years a valued acquaintance and friend of our own , and who answered 1880 . 45 Mind in the Lower Animals .
... alike , but every petted house - dog has a distinct individuality of its own . A large black dog , who was for many years a valued acquaintance and friend of our own , and who answered 1880 . 45 Mind in the Lower Animals .
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... house , where the children took their airing in the afternoon . With these the same proceedings were repeated , in this case one of her juvenile friends not un- frequently riding upon her back . Carbo had a big son as black as herself ...
... house , where the children took their airing in the afternoon . With these the same proceedings were repeated , in this case one of her juvenile friends not un- frequently riding upon her back . Carbo had a big son as black as herself ...
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... house between the Straits of Magellan and Vancouver . They are between 500 and 600 miles from the coast of South America . Considering that these islands are ' placed directly under the Equator , ' says Mr. Darwin , who visited them in ...
... house between the Straits of Magellan and Vancouver . They are between 500 and 600 miles from the coast of South America . Considering that these islands are ' placed directly under the Equator , ' says Mr. Darwin , who visited them in ...
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