The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and the Naturalist's CalendarGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 416 pages |
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... common - room after dinner . This liberty they seldom availed themselves of , except on the occasion of Mr. White's visits ; for such was his happy , and , indeed , inimitable manner of relating an anecdote and telling a story , that ...
... common - room after dinner . This liberty they seldom availed themselves of , except on the occasion of Mr. White's visits ; for such was his happy , and , indeed , inimitable manner of relating an anecdote and telling a story , that ...
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... common ground , were turned in to graze . The charm of the scene was much increased by this rural music , borne through the glades in the hanger . " Mr. White's own house , the successive abode of several generations of his family , is ...
... common ground , were turned in to graze . The charm of the scene was much increased by this rural music , borne through the glades in the hanger . " Mr. White's own house , the successive abode of several generations of his family , is ...
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... common larch is very soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel ...
... common larch is very soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel ...
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... common about this village . As we were cutting an inclining path up the Hanger , the labourers found them frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Wellhead , in the ...
... common about this village . As we were cutting an inclining path up the Hanger , the labourers found them frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Wellhead , in the ...
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... common , and that was the heath - cock , or black game . When I was a little boy , I recollect one coming now and then to my father's table . The last pack remembered was killed about thirty- five years ago ; and within these ten years ...
... common , and that was the heath - cock , or black game . When I was a little boy , I recollect one coming now and then to my father's table . The last pack remembered was killed about thirty- five years ago ; and within these ten years ...
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abound Andalusia animal appear April autumn bats birds of passage birds of prey blackcap breed brood cage called chaffinches cold colour cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR deer district dogs eggs feed feet female fieldfares flies flight flocks forest frequent garden Gilbert White grass ground hard frost hatched haunt hedges hirundines hirundo hoopoes house-martins inches Indian antelope insects late legs LETTER Linnæus male mandible manner March MARKWICK mentioned migration mild morning naturalist neighbourhood neighbouring nest never night observed pair perhaps pheasant prey probably procured quadrupeds rain remarkable remiges ring-dove rooks says season seems seen SELBORNE showers sing snow soon species spring stone curlew suppose Sussex swallows swarm swifts tail THOMAS PENNANT titmouse torpid trees vast village warm weather White wild wings winter Wolmer wonder woodcocks woods wren young
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