Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Volumen6Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, 1832 List of members in v. 1, with continuations in v. 2-7. "History of the society" in v. 2-7. |
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... frequent great depths , have very large eyes , from the general , darkness of the ocean , and probably from the diminished energy of the nervous system in animals so low in the scale . The eyes of the common swordfish , here described ...
... frequent great depths , have very large eyes , from the general , darkness of the ocean , and probably from the diminished energy of the nervous system in animals so low in the scale . The eyes of the common swordfish , here described ...
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... frequently a no- tion that nothing is , or can be , so very important as their own pursuits ; they forget that the general form , the cover- ing , the claws , the mouth , nostrils and ears , -in short , whatever of the animal is ...
... frequently a no- tion that nothing is , or can be , so very important as their own pursuits ; they forget that the general form , the cover- ing , the claws , the mouth , nostrils and ears , -in short , whatever of the animal is ...
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... frequently found the stapes so firmly attached to the foramen ovale , that the union resembled ossification , and required considerable efforts to separate the bone from the foramen ; -the probable cause of this adhesion will be pointed ...
... frequently found the stapes so firmly attached to the foramen ovale , that the union resembled ossification , and required considerable efforts to separate the bone from the foramen ; -the probable cause of this adhesion will be pointed ...
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... frequent manner in which the branches are distributed in forming the plexus ; but , in a very old shark , I met with the following arrangement , which , as it had a beautiful appearance , and was rather uncommon , at least to my ...
... frequent manner in which the branches are distributed in forming the plexus ; but , in a very old shark , I met with the following arrangement , which , as it had a beautiful appearance , and was rather uncommon , at least to my ...
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... frequent application of strong vibrations . In order to have a full view of the beauties of this extraordinary substance , let a portion of it be taken from the young animal , and carefully dried , and then placed in the focus of the ...
... frequent application of strong vibrations . In order to have a full view of the beauties of this extraordinary substance , let a portion of it be taken from the young animal , and carefully dried , and then placed in the focus of the ...
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Página 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.
Página 413 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Página 393 - Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Página 235 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, — dreadful trade...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.