Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Volume 6Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, 1832 - Natural history List of members in v. 1, with continuations in v. 2-7. "History of the society" in v. 2-7. |
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... whole genus ; for , although many of the species afford good and permanent marks of distinction , it must be admitted the limits of others are not so easily determined . Although the genus Allium is very extensive , I have thought it ...
... whole genus ; for , although many of the species afford good and permanent marks of distinction , it must be admitted the limits of others are not so easily determined . Although the genus Allium is very extensive , I have thought it ...
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... whole of the viscera , of the beautiful male specimen of that rare animal , lately taken in the Frith of Forth , and now preserved in the Museuin of the University . The eyes of the swordfish are so perfectly lateral in their position ...
... whole of the viscera , of the beautiful male specimen of that rare animal , lately taken in the Frith of Forth , and now preserved in the Museuin of the University . The eyes of the swordfish are so perfectly lateral in their position ...
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... the thoracic and abdominal vis . cera of the Swordfish , in the Transactions of the Medico - Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh , vol . iii . from the whole surface of the cornea , with which 116 ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE.
... the thoracic and abdominal vis . cera of the Swordfish , in the Transactions of the Medico - Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh , vol . iii . from the whole surface of the cornea , with which 116 ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE.
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... whole outer surface of the osseous plate . The fibres of the outer covering of the optic nerve , which is considered to be a continuation of the dura mater , are very . distinctly seen to mix and disappear among the fibres of the ...
... whole outer surface of the osseous plate . The fibres of the outer covering of the optic nerve , which is considered to be a continuation of the dura mater , are very . distinctly seen to mix and disappear among the fibres of the ...
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... whole of the uvea to its free margin , where it unites at an acute angle with the iris . This white part of the choroid , and the white surface of the uvea , are covered , in the natural state , like every other part of the choroid ...
... whole of the uvea to its free margin , where it unites at an acute angle with the iris . This white part of the choroid , and the white surface of the uvea , are covered , in the natural state , like every other part of the choroid ...
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Page 237 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.
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Page 418 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 419 - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you.
Page 426 - But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Page 422 - It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and die fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Page 390 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.