The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... probably at closer range than most men living : we have read his " little cockle - shell of a book , " as one editor calls it , oftener than any other work in the English tongue - and each time with increasing pleasure and admiration ...
... probably at closer range than most men living : we have read his " little cockle - shell of a book , " as one editor calls it , oftener than any other work in the English tongue - and each time with increasing pleasure and admiration ...
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... probably be also in the chalk itself that is burnt for lime a proportion of sand : for few chalks are so pure as to have none.-G. W. and grain to the Bath stone ; and superior in. Photographed from Original Edition . ) WILD DUCK ON NEST ...
... probably be also in the chalk itself that is burnt for lime a proportion of sand : for few chalks are so pure as to have none.-G. W. and grain to the Bath stone ; and superior in. Photographed from Original Edition . ) WILD DUCK ON NEST ...
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... probably , some degree of saltness prevailing within it , the rain tears the slabs to pieces . † Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar ; yet both the white part , and even the blue rag , ferments strongly in mineral ...
... probably , some degree of saltness prevailing within it , the rain tears the slabs to pieces . † Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar ; yet both the white part , and even the blue rag , ferments strongly in mineral ...
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... probably be worked as iron ore ; is very hard and heavy , and of a firm , compact texture , and composed of a small roundish crystalline grit , cemented together by a brown , terrene , ferruginous matter ; will not cut without ...
... probably be worked as iron ore ; is very hard and heavy , and of a firm , compact texture , and composed of a small roundish crystalline grit , cemented together by a brown , terrene , ferruginous matter ; will not cut without ...
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... probably analogous to the puncta lachrymalia in the human head . When deer are thirsty they plunge their noses , like some horses , very deep under water , while in the act of drinking , and continue them in that situation for a ...
... probably analogous to the puncta lachrymalia in the human head . When deer are thirsty they plunge their noses , like some horses , very deep under water , while in the act of drinking , and continue them in that situation for a ...
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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