I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea-serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution must therefore be found for the very remarkable coincidence between us in that particular, in order to unravel the mystery. " Finally, I deny... The Great Sea Serpent - Page 221by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans - 2007 - 444 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| 1849 - 608 pages
...sea-serpent with a mane could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Disdains with a similar appendage, for the simple reason that...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements as to form, color, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 616 pages
...deny the existence of excitement or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my...with the "great unknown" — in the present instance most assuredly no ghost. THE HABITUE'S NOTE-BOOK. BY CHARLES HERVEY, ESQ. " Andremo a Parigi," Persiani,... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 566 pages
...appendage, for the simple reason that I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution must...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
| English literature - 1848 - 572 pages
...seen his account, or even heard of his sea serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solntion must therefore be found for the very remarkable coincidence...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
| Natural history - 1848 - 422 pages
...his account, or even heard of his sea-serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution mi|§t therefore be found for the very remarkable coincidence...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1849 - 608 pages
...sea-serpent with a mane could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Dsedalus with a similar appendage, for the simple reason that...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements as to form, color, and dimensions, contained in iny official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
| American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...sea-serpent with a mane could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Dœdalus with a similar appendage, for the simple reason that...excitement or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere lo the statements as to form, color, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty,... | |
| American periodicals - 1849 - 588 pages
...remarkable coincidencebetween us in that particular, in order to unravel the mystery. " Finally, 1 deny the existence of excitement, or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, color, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - Biology - 1861 - 446 pages
...sea-serpent with a mane could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Dwdalus with a similar appendage, for the simple reason that...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty ;... | |
| 1849 - 636 pages
...sea-serpent with a mane could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Deedalus with a similar appendage, for the simple reason that...the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements as to form, color, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and... | |
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