The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... perhaps not ; but there are higher ideals than competency and ease , and they do not die poorest who have helped to add one gleam of healthy pleasure to the lives of their fellow - crea- tures , or increased by one tiny grain the sum ...
... perhaps not ; but there are higher ideals than competency and ease , and they do not die poorest who have helped to add one gleam of healthy pleasure to the lives of their fellow - crea- tures , or increased by one tiny grain the sum ...
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... perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the wood and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a small rivulet : that at the north ...
... perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the wood and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a small rivulet : that at the north ...
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... perhaps fourteen or six- teen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away ...
... perhaps fourteen or six- teen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away ...
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... perhaps lie in this parish , my account of Selborne would be very imperfect , as it is a dis- trict abounding with many curious productions , both animal * Since the passage above was written , I am happy in being able to say that the ...
... perhaps lie in this parish , my account of Selborne would be very imperfect , as it is a dis- trict abounding with many curious productions , both animal * Since the passage above was written , I am happy in being able to say that the ...
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... perhaps of the motacilla trochilus ) still continues to make a sibilant shivering noise in the tops of tall woods . The stoparola of Ray ( for which we have as yet no name in these parts ) is called , in your Zoology , the fly - catcher ...
... perhaps of the motacilla trochilus ) still continues to make a sibilant shivering noise in the tops of tall woods . The stoparola of Ray ( for which we have as yet no name in these parts ) is called , in your Zoology , the fly - catcher ...
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abound Andalusia animals appear April autumn birds of passage birds of prey breed British brood called chaffinches cold colour cuckoo curious DEAR SIR district dogs doubt echo eggs feed feet female fieldfares fishes flocks frequently frost garden Gilbert White ground Hanger haunt hedges hill hirundines hirundo house-martins hundred inches insects known larvæ late le ham legs LETTER Linnæus male manner martins mentioned migration morning Motacilla natural history neighbouring nest never night observed ornithologist owls parish perhaps plants prey procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels season SEDGE WARBLER seems seen Selborne sing snow soon sort species spring stone stone curlew strange summer suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail tion titmouse tree pipit trees vast vegetation village weather wild wings winter wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods wren young