The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... considered as Madrepores , or as Al- cyonia . It is impossible , without the aid of numerous figures , to give satis- factory notions of the forms of the several fossil Madrepores which have been hitherto discovered ; the most in ...
... considered as Madrepores , or as Al- cyonia . It is impossible , without the aid of numerous figures , to give satis- factory notions of the forms of the several fossil Madrepores which have been hitherto discovered ; the most in ...
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... considered as one of the most splendidly beautiful of the butterfly tribe . Its size is large , measuring when expanded about six inches ; and its co- lour is the most brilliant silver - blue that imagination can conceive , changing ...
... considered as one of the most splendidly beautiful of the butterfly tribe . Its size is large , measuring when expanded about six inches ; and its co- lour is the most brilliant silver - blue that imagination can conceive , changing ...
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... considered not only as their own peers , but as the peers of the whole nation . Much has been said and written upon the question of parliamentary reform , and the actual state of the Parliament . The result of a candid inquiry will be ...
... considered not only as their own peers , but as the peers of the whole nation . Much has been said and written upon the question of parliamentary reform , and the actual state of the Parliament . The result of a candid inquiry will be ...
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