 Whilst at work I seemed to myself to have been endeavouring to decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating type — those of the...  The Philosophy of Evolution - Page 120by Benjamin Thompson Lowne - 1873 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1873 - 552 pages
...pa limpsest, ; and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over." " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating...the form of the tinamou looked me in the face ; then the aberrant ostrich seemed to be described in large archaic characters ; a little while and these... | |
 | Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 344 pages
...decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating...the form of the tinamou looked me in the face ; then the aberrant ostrich seemed to be described in large archaic characters ; a little while and these... | |
 | 1872 - 698 pages
...decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating...of the sand-grouse and hemipod stood out before me. Eubbiug these away, in my downward work the form of the tinamou looked me in the face ; then the aberrant... | |
 | Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 350 pages
...Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating type—those of the gaudy Indian bird—I seemed to be amongst the sombre grouse; and then,...of the sand-grouse and hemipod stood out before me. Eubbing these away, in my downward work the form of the tinamou looked me in the face; then the aberrant... | |
 | Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 344 pages
...decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating...those of the gaudy Indian bird — I seemed to be nmongst the sombre grouse ; and then, towards incubation, the characters of the sand-grouse and hemipod... | |
 | 1872 - 894 pages
...decipher a palimpsest: and one not erased and written upon again just once, bat five or six times over." "Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating type — those of the gundy Indian bird — I seemed to be amongst the sombre grouse ; and then towards incubation the characters... | |
 | William Kitchen Parker, George Thomas Bettany - 1877 - 392 pages
...decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating...the form of the Tinamou looked me in the face ; then the aberrant Ostrich seemed to be described in large archaic characters ; a little while, and these... | |
 | William Kitchen Parker, George Thomas Bettany - 1877 - 442 pages
...Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating type—those of the gaudy Indian bird—I seemed to be amongst the sombre Grouse; and then,...my downward work the form of the Tinamou looked me iu the face; then the aberrant Ostrich seemed to be described in large archaic characters; a little... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - 398 pages
...decipher a palimpsest, and that not erased and written upon just once, but five or six times over. Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating type — those ot the gaudy Indian bird — I seemed to be amongst the sombre grouse, and then, towards incubation,... | |
 | Thomas Jeffery Parker - 1893 - 182 pages
...decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating...the form of the Tinamou looked me in the face ; then the aberrant ostrich seemed to be described in large archaic characters ; a little while and these... | |
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