The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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... seems to have lived mainly the life of a student , and to have left the care of mundane things to his wife . Three sons and two daughters were born . Of these , only two , the eldest son and youngest daughter , now survive . In 1848 ...
... seems to have lived mainly the life of a student , and to have left the care of mundane things to his wife . Three sons and two daughters were born . Of these , only two , the eldest son and youngest daughter , now survive . In 1848 ...
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... the University he knew nothing . F. D. Maurice was still in Cambridge , but he seems to have repelled rather than to have attracted George Ro- manes , nor did he ever come under the influence. 6 1870- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
... the University he knew nothing . F. D. Maurice was still in Cambridge , but he seems to have repelled rather than to have attracted George Ro- manes , nor did he ever come under the influence. 6 1870- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
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... seems in early years to have owed very little to any Christian writer , Bishop Butler alone excepted . His summers were spent in Ross - shire , and there is no doubt these months were of great use to him . He was perfectly unharassed so ...
... seems in early years to have owed very little to any Christian writer , Bishop Butler alone excepted . His summers were spent in Ross - shire , and there is no doubt these months were of great use to him . He was perfectly unharassed so ...
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... seems to have been his : ' Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when , with eagle eyes , He stared at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild ...
... seems to have been his : ' Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when , with eagle eyes , He stared at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild ...
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... seem to have been extraordinarily good , and yet he cannot get a second prize , because the foundation requires that every penny of the interest shall go to the first man . As this seems rather hard lines for Cunningham , I have to ...
... seem to have been extraordinarily good , and yet he cannot get a second prize , because the foundation requires that every penny of the interest shall go to the first man . As this seems rather hard lines for Cunningham , I have to ...
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