The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 139
rested there: Tou will marry yourpresent choice. It is all nonsense, shesaid again, but her face grew as bright as the dawn. It wasclear that she was overjoyed at the response of the oracle. Isaw her shortly afterwards exchanging glances with a friend,and know now well enough who her present choice… … HE essays to keep animals inwater are of very ancientdate. Our illustration(Fig. 1) is a facsimile ofa vessel containing zoo-phytes, taken from a workpublished 150 years ago.But I think that the wordaquarium used in itspresent sense, was firstemployed by Mr. HenryPhilip Gosse (the still…
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