Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal EnlargedR. Griffiths., 1805 Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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... hand nor the olfactory nerves , but are as destitute of smell as of any depilatory power . ' No method has yet been devised , for fixing the beautiful purple dye which is abundantly discharged from this animal . The author's description ...
... hand nor the olfactory nerves , but are as destitute of smell as of any depilatory power . ' No method has yet been devised , for fixing the beautiful purple dye which is abundantly discharged from this animal . The author's description ...
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... hand , and catch flies in the windows , but was excessively ti- mid and shy of strangers . It particularly shewed more than usual abhorrence to any thing black , not suffering even those out of whose hand it would otherwise feed to ...
... hand , and catch flies in the windows , but was excessively ti- mid and shy of strangers . It particularly shewed more than usual abhorrence to any thing black , not suffering even those out of whose hand it would otherwise feed to ...
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... hands , I had often recourse to Mr. Rose during the ensuing summer . But , alas in the following year a gutta serena de- prived him of his sight . This affliction , so peculiarly severe to a naturalist , he bore with exemplary patience ...
... hands , I had often recourse to Mr. Rose during the ensuing summer . But , alas in the following year a gutta serena de- prived him of his sight . This affliction , so peculiarly severe to a naturalist , he bore with exemplary patience ...
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... hand- some volumes which he has edited with so much diligence of revision , and elegance of taste . We shall now briefly advert , to others of the series , in the order in which they stand in the preceding titles . I. Of all the ...
... hand- some volumes which he has edited with so much diligence of revision , and elegance of taste . We shall now briefly advert , to others of the series , in the order in which they stand in the preceding titles . I. Of all the ...
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... hand , His literary correspondence was also voluminous and exten- sive . Yet , in the midst of this accumulation of active and in- cessant pursuits , he found leisure to provide the library and collection entrusted to his care with the ...
... hand , His literary correspondence was also voluminous and exten- sive . Yet , in the midst of this accumulation of active and in- cessant pursuits , he found leisure to provide the library and collection entrusted to his care with the ...
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