On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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... remarkable phenomena . The lily - root , so common in Europe , is found in Newfoundland , on the Northwest Coast of America , and in Kamschatka , as well as in the warmer parts of Southern Asia . Heath , on the other hand , is not only ...
... remarkable phenomena . The lily - root , so common in Europe , is found in Newfoundland , on the Northwest Coast of America , and in Kamschatka , as well as in the warmer parts of Southern Asia . Heath , on the other hand , is not only ...
Page 269
... remarkable quality of resolving other numbers , when joined with itself into themselves also . † The Magi who were at Athens at the time of Pla- to's death , sacrificed to him , because he died at the age of eighty - one ; figures which ...
... remarkable quality of resolving other numbers , when joined with itself into themselves also . † The Magi who were at Athens at the time of Pla- to's death , sacrificed to him , because he died at the age of eighty - one ; figures which ...
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... remarkable instance of intel- lectual unity than even these . JOHANNES , well known in Trinity College , Dublin , was nearly blind , and yet he could answer the question as to the day of the week on which any day of the month fell in ...
... remarkable instance of intel- lectual unity than even these . JOHANNES , well known in Trinity College , Dublin , was nearly blind , and yet he could answer the question as to the day of the week on which any day of the month fell in ...
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