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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... seen but little of this great world , conversed but little , read less , I feel myself much at a loss how to entertain so intelli- gent a correspondent . Unless you will let me write about myself , my answer will be very short . Know ...
... seen but little of this great world , conversed but little , read less , I feel myself much at a loss how to entertain so intelli- gent a correspondent . Unless you will let me write about myself , my answer will be very short . Know ...
Page xvi
... seen a pole - cat run across his garden . He records the circumstance of boys playing at taw on the Plestor ; and that he had set Gunnery , one of his bantam hens , on nine of her own eggs . He com- plains that dogs come into his garden ...
... seen a pole - cat run across his garden . He records the circumstance of boys playing at taw on the Plestor ; and that he had set Gunnery , one of his bantam hens , on nine of her own eggs . He com- plains that dogs come into his garden ...
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... seen as it bursts suddenly into view , and affords a prospect of great rural beauty . A foot - bridge is thrown across a deep ravine of rocky bank , at the bottom of which a little streamlet runs over a road , which is at once its ...
... seen as it bursts suddenly into view , and affords a prospect of great rural beauty . A foot - bridge is thrown across a deep ravine of rocky bank , at the bottom of which a little streamlet runs over a road , which is at once its ...
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... seen several centuries , and is probably coeval with the church , and therefore may be deemed an antiquity . The body is short , squat , and thick , and measures twenty - three feet in the girth , supporting a head of suitable extent to ...
... seen several centuries , and is probably coeval with the church , and therefore may be deemed an antiquity . The body is short , squat , and thick , and measures twenty - three feet in the girth , supporting a head of suitable extent to ...
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... seen , And one bright deluge whelms the works of men . Amidst this savage landscape , bleak and bare , Hangs the chill hermitage in middle air ; Its haunts forsaken , and its feasts forgot , A leaf - strown , lonely , desolated cot ! Is ...
... seen , And one bright deluge whelms the works of men . Amidst this savage landscape , bleak and bare , Hangs the chill hermitage in middle air ; Its haunts forsaken , and its feasts forgot , A leaf - strown , lonely , desolated cot ! Is ...
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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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