Annual Report, 20–22. köide1852 |
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... Exhibition ... Proceedings on the third and fourth days of the Exhibition . Contributions to the Falmouth Fauna , by W. P. Cocks , Esq . Observations on the Harvest in the Fast part of Cornwall , from the year 1816 to 1852 , by Jonathan ...
... Exhibition ... Proceedings on the third and fourth days of the Exhibition . Contributions to the Falmouth Fauna , by W. P. Cocks , Esq . Observations on the Harvest in the Fast part of Cornwall , from the year 1816 to 1852 , by Jonathan ...
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... That the thanks of the Society be given to those Ladies and Gentlemen who acted as Judges at the late exhibition . Resolved , ―That the thanks of the Society be given Report of Annual General Meeting Annual General Meeting.
... That the thanks of the Society be given to those Ladies and Gentlemen who acted as Judges at the late exhibition . Resolved , ―That the thanks of the Society be given Report of Annual General Meeting Annual General Meeting.
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... exhibition . - Resolved , That the thanks of the Society be given to those Members and friends who have made donations to the Society during the past year , and to those Gentlemen who have kindly assisted in obtaining donations from ...
... exhibition . - Resolved , That the thanks of the Society be given to those Members and friends who have made donations to the Society during the past year , and to those Gentlemen who have kindly assisted in obtaining donations from ...
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... Exhibition , given before the Society of Arts , London . - From the Society . Records of the School of Mines , part 1 , vol . 1. - From the Directors . Quarterly Journal of Chemical Society , vol . 5 , part 2. - From the Society ...
... Exhibition , given before the Society of Arts , London . - From the Society . Records of the School of Mines , part 1 , vol . 1. - From the Directors . Quarterly Journal of Chemical Society , vol . 5 , part 2. - From the Society ...
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... exhibition , in its display of mechanical inventions and improvements , its speci- mens of natural history , and its interesting fine arts department , presented so much which has been common to most of your anniversaries that your ...
... exhibition , in its display of mechanical inventions and improvements , its speci- mens of natural history , and its interesting fine arts department , presented so much which has been common to most of your anniversaries that your ...
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Page 14 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Page 15 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 15 - ... but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Page 15 - And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 34 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 29 - ... green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa : he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure. Even the beings selected for his prey are poetical, beautiful, and transient.
Page 25 - So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear,) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet.
Page 29 - He is the joyous prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season: he lives a life of enjoyment amongst the loveliest forms of nature : winter is unknown to him; and he leaves the green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa: — he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure.
Page 58 - I have counted above 10,000,000), so subtile (they are scarcely visible to the naked eye, and often resemble thin smoke), so light (raised, perhaps, by evaporation into the atmosphere), and are dispersed in so many ways (by the attraction of the sun, by insects, wind, elasticity, adhesion, &c.), that it is difficult to conceive a place from which they can be excluded.
Page 56 - May at times, when the wild products of the field are nearly consumed, the ivy ripens its berries, and...