"Delphin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... those of Virgil difficult to be retained.' Mr. E.J. Payne, in his edition of Burke's Select Works, i. xxxviii, says:— 'Most writers have constantly beside them some favourite classical author from whom they endeavour to take their prevailing tone. Burke, according to Butler, always had a "ragged Delphin Virgil" not far from his elbow.' See ...
— The Life Of Johnson, Volume 3 of 6 • Boswell
... zur Morphologie der funktionellen Anpassung. I. Struktur eines hochdifferenzierten bindgewebigen Organes (der Schwanzflosse des Delphin)," Arch. Anat. Physiol. (Anat. Abt.) for 1883. II. "Ueber die Selbstregulation der 'morphologischen' Laenge der Skeletmuskeln des Menschen," Jen. Zeit., xvi., 1883. III. "Beschreibung ... einer Kniegelenkeknochenankylose," Arch. Anat. ...
— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
... French scholar and critic, born at Castres, in Languedoc; assisted by his wife, executed translations of various classics, and produced an edition of them known as the "Delphin Edition" (1651-1722). ...
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