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  • The speculation is only derived from the Arrernte Dreaming stories about Gosse's Bluff – 142 millions years old – that attribute it to a cosmic impact.

    Dreamtime Meteor Impact Found with Google Earth | Universe Today 2009

  • The cony of Jamaica, _Capromys brachyurus_, found commonly in his day, but now becoming extinct, was named by Hill in Gosse's _Naturalist's

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • Darwin had written in September, 1856, to Gosse for further information with respect to the habits of pigeons and rabbits referred to in his _Sojourn_, and it was at Gosse's suggestion that

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • As my friend Mr. Gosse did not name this splendid place, I take the liberty of naming it Gosse's

    Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, John Forrest 1882

  • Professor Gosse's study, or as he himself called it, his workshop, and Erica turned with relief to the verifiable results of scientific inquiry.

    We Two, a novel Edna Lyall 1880

  • They had turned down one of the dingy little streets leading to the river, and now stood outside Professor Gosse's door.

    We Two, a novel Edna Lyall 1880

  • Fort Mueller, and as they were also on Gosse's tracks the leader was able to congratulate himself upon the successful accomplishment of his mission.

    The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876

  • Another excursion was attended with equally good results as regards water, although the country around was not at all desirable pasture land; and. this brought the explorers within one hundred miles of Gosse's furthest westerly point.

    The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876

  • I cannot resist, although it is rather long, quoting the following description from Hudson and Gosse's beautiful work on the Rotifera: --

    The Pleasures of Life John Lubbock 1873

  • Tall amid the crowding juniors stalks Birket, at sight of whom Dick's heart rejoices, and Gosse's countenance falls.

    Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton Talbot Baines Reed 1872

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