American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... fact ) that their celebrated prime minister , Boki , derived his name from an attempt to imitate the sound of the English word Boas ( or Bose ) the sailors ' abbreviation of Boatswain , which was the name of a dog , that was a great ...
... fact ) that their celebrated prime minister , Boki , derived his name from an attempt to imitate the sound of the English word Boas ( or Bose ) the sailors ' abbreviation of Boatswain , which was the name of a dog , that was a great ...
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... fact particu- larly worthy of notice , that in the tropical parts of the Oceanic region the larger quadrupeds are found only in the larger islands ; and that the smaller quadrupeds are comparatively few . The elephant , for example , is ...
... fact particu- larly worthy of notice , that in the tropical parts of the Oceanic region the larger quadrupeds are found only in the larger islands ; and that the smaller quadrupeds are comparatively few . The elephant , for example , is ...
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... fact in relation to the tides in the Pacific ocean ; and we do this , in order to draw Cuvier's Revolutions of the Globe , p . 41 , Amer . ed . e Lardner's Cabinet Cycloped . vol . 66 , Nat . Hist .; Cuvier's Re- volutions of the Globe ...
... fact in relation to the tides in the Pacific ocean ; and we do this , in order to draw Cuvier's Revolutions of the Globe , p . 41 , Amer . ed . e Lardner's Cabinet Cycloped . vol . 66 , Nat . Hist .; Cuvier's Re- volutions of the Globe ...
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... fact has also been noticed by a few British navi- gators . Captain Beechey , after describing the harbour of Pa ... facts ; they are contained in an " Appendix " of 150 quarto pages , the whole of which , beside twenty - one plates and ...
... fact has also been noticed by a few British navi- gators . Captain Beechey , after describing the harbour of Pa ... facts ; they are contained in an " Appendix " of 150 quarto pages , the whole of which , beside twenty - one plates and ...
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... fact is also confirmed by an intelligent correspondent in Professor Silliman's Journal of Science , ( Mr. John Ball ... facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited in the same Journal , ( vol . 28 , p . 312 ...
... fact is also confirmed by an intelligent correspondent in Professor Silliman's Journal of Science , ( Mr. John Ball ... facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited in the same Journal , ( vol . 28 , p . 312 ...
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