Essays on Natural History, Chiefly OrnithologyLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 204 sider |
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Side iii
... , and I felt apprehensive , lest the tiny reputation which I had formerly gained by the Wan- derings might be lost for ever by the pub- lication of his intended undertaking . Great then indeed must be my anxiety on the present A 2.
... , and I felt apprehensive , lest the tiny reputation which I had formerly gained by the Wan- derings might be lost for ever by the pub- lication of his intended undertaking . Great then indeed must be my anxiety on the present A 2.
Side iv
... present to an in- dulgent public , is an unsolicited donation to the widow of my poor departed friend Mr. Loudon , whose vast labours in the cause of Science have insured to him an imperishable reputation . If this trifling present on ...
... present to an in- dulgent public , is an unsolicited donation to the widow of my poor departed friend Mr. Loudon , whose vast labours in the cause of Science have insured to him an imperishable reputation . If this trifling present on ...
Side vi
... if the reader will do me the favour to peruse a former letter of mine to Mr. Swainson . In justice to myself I have appended it to the present work . Having begun the " Autobiography " in the first volume vi PREFACE .
... if the reader will do me the favour to peruse a former letter of mine to Mr. Swainson . In justice to myself I have appended it to the present work . Having begun the " Autobiography " in the first volume vi PREFACE .
Side xii
... old English hospitality better understood than it is at the present day . These buildings were gradually going to ruin , through length of time and inat- tention to them during my absence ; but they are xii AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
... old English hospitality better understood than it is at the present day . These buildings were gradually going to ruin , through length of time and inat- tention to them during my absence ; but they are xii AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
Side xvii
... present that I had business at home just then , which called me back ; but that I would return in a day or two : and that , if in the mean time they would muster their scientific friends in Nottingham , and from the country round , I ...
... present that I had business at home just then , which called me back ; but that I would return in a day or two : and that , if in the mean time they would muster their scientific friends in Nottingham , and from the country round , I ...
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Side 18 - Britannicum abridged : Containing the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain, Native and Foreign, Scientifically and Popularly Described ; with their Propagation, Culture, and Uses in the Arts ; and with Engravings of nearly all the Species. Adapted for the use of Nurserymen, Gardeners, and Foresters.
Side 21 - Maunder's Biographical Treasury; consisting of Memoirs, Sketches, and brief Notices of above 12,000 Eminent Persons of All Ages and Nations, from the Earliest Period of History: Forming a new and complete Dictionary of Universal Biography.
Side 7 - Hints to Mothers, for the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room: With an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects, &c.
Side 24 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
Side 16 - LAING. -NOTES OF A TRAVELLER, On the Social and Political State of France, Prussia, Switzerland, Italy, and other parts of Europe, during the present century. By SAMUEL LAI MI, Esq.
Side 9 - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine: Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially...
Side 16 - THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY, From the Earliest Period of the History of the Northern Sea Kings to the Middle of the Twelfth Century, commonly called The Heimskringla. Translated from the Icelandic of Snorro Sturleson, with Notes, and a Preliminary Discourse, by SAMUEL LAINO, Author of " Notes of a Traveller,
Side 153 - Her form was fresher than the morning rose, When the dew wets its leaves; unstain'd and pure, As is the lily, or the mountain snow.
Side 19 - By David Low, Esq., FRSE, Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, etc.; author of "Elements of Practical Agriculture, "etc.
Side 7 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use.