 | Books - 1826 - 382 pages
...Our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, (says the Rev. Gilbert White, of Selborne, p. 244, vol. i.) is the only describer that conveys some precise idea,...over his followers and imitators, in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information." As the intimate friend and disciple of Ray,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1826 - 384 pages
...Our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, (says the Rev. Gilbert White, of Selborne, p. 244, vol. i.) is the only describer that conveys some precise idea,...over his followers and imitators, in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information." As the intimate friend and disciple of Ray,... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...superiority over his followers and imitators in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information. At this distance of years it is not in my power... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...superiority over his followers and imitators in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modem information. At this distance of years it is not in my power... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr Ray, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...term or word, maintaining his superiority over his * The woodcock is found in all parts of the old Continent, from north to south. In some places, it... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 680 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...superiority over his followers and imitators in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information. At this distance of years it is not in my power... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 678 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...superiority over his followers and imitators in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information. At this distance of years it is not in my power... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1842 - 342 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...superiority over his followers and imitators in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information. At this distance of years it is not in my power... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1843 - 424 pages
...marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Eay, is the only describer that conveys some precise idea...superiority over his followers and imitators in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries and modern information. At this distance of years it is not in my power... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1847 - 876 pages
...countryman, the excellent Mr. RAY," says the Rev. Gilbert White of Selborne, " is the only describer who conveys some precise idea in every term or word; maintaining...over his followers and imitators, in spite of the advantages of fresh discoveries, and modern information." RAY did not enter into holy orders till the... | |
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Foreign systematics are, I observe, much too vague in their specific differences ; which are almost universally constituted by one or two particular marks, the rest of the description running in general terms. But our countryman, the excellent Mr. Ray,... 
