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" Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. "
The Dial - Page 44
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

1830 - 492 pages
...to the Arctic Regions. A BRAZILIAN FOREST. THE day has past delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has been wandering in a Brazilian forest. Among the multitude of striking objects, the general luxuriance...
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The Andes and the Amazon

James Orton - 1870 - 358 pages
...attractive to one wrho had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed...
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The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America

James Orton - 1870 - 362 pages
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed...
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The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America

James Orton - 1870 - 372 pages
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. "'•'Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest£v The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation,...
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The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America

James Orton - 1870 - 378 pages
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed...
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Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries ...

Charles Darwin - 1871 - 546 pages
...BAHIA, on SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29th. — The day has past delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist...the glossy green of the foliage, but above all the genoral luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. A most paradoxical mixture of sound...
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The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America

James Orton - 1875 - 672 pages
...attractive to one who had recently rambled over the comparatively bleak hills of New England. Delight is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who for the first time wanders in a South American forest. The superb banana, the great charm of equatorial vegetation, tossed...
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Charles Darwin's Works: Journal of researches into the natural history and ...

Charles Darwin - 1896 - 542 pages
...RAIIIA, OB SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29lh. — The day ha-s past delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist...the glossy green of the foliage, but above all the genoral luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. A most paradoxical mixture of sound...
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Journal of Researches Into the Geology and Natural History of the Various ...

Charles Darwin - 1908 - 542 pages
...OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 2gth. — The day has passed "SelTgMFuIIy." Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist...forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasiticaTfJIarTRj, the "beauty of the flower&,.,the glossy green of the foliagCj but :.aboye : all...
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Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences, Volume 1

Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 530 pages
...recall forcibly those expressed by Darwin in similar terms at the close of his "Journal": "Delight ... is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist...beauty of the flowers, the glossy green of the foliage . . . the general luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration. A paradoxical mixture of...
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