The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... seen a great deal of what he saw , and 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 ...
... seen a great deal of what he saw , and 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 ...
Сторінка x
... seen the sun rise in golden splendour upon their full wealth of foliage in June , could escape the witchery of the place , or wonder that our author's heart abided with it to the end ! In spite of such modern abominations as barbed wire ...
... seen the sun rise in golden splendour upon their full wealth of foliage in June , could escape the witchery of the place , or wonder that our author's heart abided with it to the end ! In spite of such modern abominations as barbed wire ...
Сторінка xi
... seen the light , at prices varying from sixpence to five guineas , since its author first saw it through the press in 1789 . The present edition contains the natural history letters practically as first given to the world by Gilbert ...
... seen the light , at prices varying from sixpence to five guineas , since its author first saw it through the press in 1789 . The present edition contains the natural history letters practically as first given to the world by Gilbert ...
Сторінка xii
... seen on p . 49 , sitting side by side , each covering a chick , or the osprey seated on a dead stump above its eyrie in the solitudes of a remote Highland loch , whilst its mate circled majestically in the blue vault of heaven , far ...
... seen on p . 49 , sitting side by side , each covering a chick , or the osprey seated on a dead stump above its eyrie in the solitudes of a remote Highland loch , whilst its mate circled majestically in the blue vault of heaven , far ...
Сторінка 11
... seen . The parish of Selborne , by taking in so much of the forest , is a vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and ...
... seen . The parish of Selborne , by taking in so much of the forest , is a vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and ...
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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