| 1817 - 674 pages
...sisters, who were all, except one brother, exempt from the imperfection. He was in the navy, and once purchased " a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue." His brother " has mistaken a cucumber for a lobster, and a green leek for a stick of red sealing-wax."... | |
| 1824 - 496 pages
...brother, and all the sisters, were with" out it. CHARLES was in the Navy ; and several years " ago he purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, " with red breeches, to match the blue. JOHN , the " brother of the boy's grandfather, has mistaken a cucum" ber for a lobster, and a green... | |
| 1826 - 490 pages
...and aged 60, who could distinguish with certainty only white, yellow, and gray : he could, bowever, distinguish blues when they were light. Dr. Nichols...the imperfection is derived through the father, and auother in which it descended from the mother. In the ease of a young man in the prime of life, with... | |
| 1826 - 478 pages
...person now alive, and aged 60, who could distinguish with certainty nnly white, yellow, and gray : he could, however, distinguish blues when they were...coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the I'lue ; and he has mentioned one case in which the imperfection is derived through the father, and... | |
| 1829 - 522 pages
...person had the same defect. Dr. Nicol has recorded a case in the Medico- Chirurgical Transactions, where a person who was in the navy purchased a blue...breeches to match the blue ; and he has mentioned a second case, in which the defect was derived through the father ; and a third, in which it descended... | |
| William Grisenthwaite - 1830 - 104 pages
...of one sense, will be equally conclusive of all. The naval officer, mentioned by Dr. Nichols, " who purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat with red breeches to match the blue," would certainly have never discovered the composition of light; nor ever have formed a Genius in Botany... | |
| 1832 - 700 pages
...brother and all the sisters were without it. The father himself was in the navy, and several years ago he purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue. The brother of the boy^ grandfather, it is mentioned, has mistaken a cucumber for a lobster, and a... | |
| David Brewster - 1833 - 332 pages
...and her two sons, had all the same imperfection. Dr. Nichol has recorded a case where a naval officer purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat with red breeches to match the blue, and Mr. Harvey describes the case of a tailor at Plymouth, who on one occasion repaired an article of dress... | |
| Richard Middlemore - 1835 - 938 pages
...case the defect would appear to be hereditary.* DR. NICHOLL has related a case where a naval officer purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat with red breeches to match the blue ; and MR. HARVEV describes the case of a tailor at Plymouth, who on one occasion repaired an article of dress... | |
| Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 632 pages
...and another ripe cherries, from the leaves, except by form and size. In one instance, a naval officer purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue ; in another, a tailor patched the elbow of a blue coat with a piece of crimson cloth, considering... | |
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