The Quarterly Review, Volume 4William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 47
... islands ; indeed we are perfectly certain , from its delicate habits , that it could not exist on the Isle of France . On the 25th April 1801 , the two ships quitted the island , and steering a course for New Holland , made cape Leuwen ...
... islands ; indeed we are perfectly certain , from its delicate habits , that it could not exist on the Isle of France . On the 25th April 1801 , the two ships quitted the island , and steering a course for New Holland , made cape Leuwen ...
Page 53
... islands which could have been mis- taken for them . The French then have no claim to original discovery to the westward of these islands , although Dentrecasteaux , and his geogra pher Beaupré , deserve much praise for their accurate ...
... islands which could have been mis- taken for them . The French then have no claim to original discovery to the westward of these islands , although Dentrecasteaux , and his geogra pher Beaupré , deserve much praise for their accurate ...
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... islands have de- rived from the remoteness of their situation . Too distant , too un- inviting , and , above all , too unproductive to be coveted , they have never been granted by the Crown to any petty tyrants , and thus have escaped ...
... islands have de- rived from the remoteness of their situation . Too distant , too un- inviting , and , above all , too unproductive to be coveted , they have never been granted by the Crown to any petty tyrants , and thus have escaped ...
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Elements of Geometry Geometrical Analysis and plane | 25 |
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