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Page 17
... probably be hereafter obtained , it will doubtless be rendered much more extensively useful . Cobalt Blue . This was proposed as a substitute for ultra- marine before the invention above described had rendered this latter colour easily ...
... probably be hereafter obtained , it will doubtless be rendered much more extensively useful . Cobalt Blue . This was proposed as a substitute for ultra- marine before the invention above described had rendered this latter colour easily ...
Page 18
... probably very old , for I have observed that , as the bird grows older the blue deepens , and the orange band becomes almost maroon . ' Temminck describes the very old male as having a white streak above the eyes , followed by a black ...
... probably very old , for I have observed that , as the bird grows older the blue deepens , and the orange band becomes almost maroon . ' Temminck describes the very old male as having a white streak above the eyes , followed by a black ...
Page 26
... probably presented under the name of boa constrictor . It is not well preserved , but it has more the appearance of a Boa Scytale than of the former species : - The name which this colossal reptile goes by in Venezuela is that of " La ...
... probably presented under the name of boa constrictor . It is not well preserved , but it has more the appearance of a Boa Scytale than of the former species : - The name which this colossal reptile goes by in Venezuela is that of " La ...
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... probably to Queen Joanna's request . It is remarkable BOCCAGE . MARIE ANNE LEPAGE , married to that he did not forward his Decameron to Petrarch , as he Fiquet du Boccage , was a French poetess of the last century , used to do his other ...
... probably to Queen Joanna's request . It is remarkable BOCCAGE . MARIE ANNE LEPAGE , married to that he did not forward his Decameron to Petrarch , as he Fiquet du Boccage , was a French poetess of the last century , used to do his other ...
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... probably lived with his uncle , Pierre du Moulin , at Paris . It is said that he read at an early age not merely the Hebrew Bible , but also the rab- binical commentators . Soon afterwards he studied philoso- phy at Sedan under the ...
... probably lived with his uncle , Pierre du Moulin , at Paris . It is said that he read at an early age not merely the Hebrew Bible , but also the rab- binical commentators . Soon afterwards he studied philoso- phy at Sedan under the ...
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