Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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Among the numerous and highly interesting fossils found in the London clay , none are more abundant than the remains of fruits and seeds , which , although found in such amazing quantities in the Isle of Sheppey , have hitherto received ...
Among the numerous and highly interesting fossils found in the London clay , none are more abundant than the remains of fruits and seeds , which , although found in such amazing quantities in the Isle of Sheppey , have hitherto received ...
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“ It contains brief , but remarkably clear , accurate , and satisfactory notices of every species of fish , and also every variety hitherto found in the fresh waters and ...
“ It contains brief , but remarkably clear , accurate , and satisfactory notices of every species of fish , and also every variety hitherto found in the fresh waters and ...
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Several of the genera , and of the species more than one - fourth part , are either new or have been hitherto imperfectly described : the figures will be all engraved and coloured by the same hands which , in co - operation with the ...
Several of the genera , and of the species more than one - fourth part , are either new or have been hitherto imperfectly described : the figures will be all engraved and coloured by the same hands which , in co - operation with the ...
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“ Mr. Yarrell's work is the most satisfactory epitome of facts and speculations that has been hitherto attempted upon the subject . It is written in so popular a spirit , that it will be as intelligible to the non - scientific reader ...
“ Mr. Yarrell's work is the most satisfactory epitome of facts and speculations that has been hitherto attempted upon the subject . It is written in so popular a spirit , that it will be as intelligible to the non - scientific reader ...
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