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" 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 221
by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans - 2007 - 444 pages
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volumes 16-17

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...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 84

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,...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 84

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...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

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...
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Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Volume 6

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...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 17

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...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 20

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,...
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The Daguerreotype, Volume 3

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...
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The Romance of Natural History

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 ;...
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The Living Age, Volume 20

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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