The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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... Hand- some , vivacious , unconventional , and clever , she was in all respects a great contrast to her husband , who , as years went on , seems to have lived mainly the life of a student , and to have left the care of mundane things to ...
... Hand- some , vivacious , unconventional , and clever , she was in all respects a great contrast to her husband , who , as years went on , seems to have lived mainly the life of a student , and to have left the care of mundane things to ...
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... hands of Dr. Brydon , the well- known survivor of the fatal retreat from Cabul , 1842.1 1 Dr. Brydon resided on a small but beautiful property overlooking the Cromarty Firth , and , after his death , Dr. Romanes rented the place from ...
... hands of Dr. Brydon , the well- known survivor of the fatal retreat from Cabul , 1842.1 1 Dr. Brydon resided on a small but beautiful property overlooking the Cromarty Firth , and , after his death , Dr. Romanes rented the place from ...
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... hands , a bright smile , and a ' How glad I am that you are so young ! ' Perhaps no hero - worship was ever more unselfish , more utterly loyal , or more fully rewarded . As time went on , and intimacy increased , and restraint wore off ...
... hands , a bright smile , and a ' How glad I am that you are so young ! ' Perhaps no hero - worship was ever more unselfish , more utterly loyal , or more fully rewarded . As time went on , and intimacy increased , and restraint wore off ...
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... to me , is to preclude , on the one hand , the supposition that the muscular tissue of Medusæ is merely muscular ( for no muscle would respond to local stimulus throughout its substance when so severely. 1876 31 MEDUSE.
... to me , is to preclude , on the one hand , the supposition that the muscular tissue of Medusæ is merely muscular ( for no muscle would respond to local stimulus throughout its substance when so severely. 1876 31 MEDUSE.
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... hand , the supposition of a nervous plexus ( for this would require to be so very intricate , and the hypothesis of scattered cells is without microscopical evidence here or elsewhere ) . I think , therefore , that we are driven to ...
... hand , the supposition of a nervous plexus ( for this would require to be so very intricate , and the hypothesis of scattered cells is without microscopical evidence here or elsewhere ) . I think , therefore , that we are driven to ...
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