The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... stand on a rock of TU COTTAGE AT WELL - HEAD . white stone , little in appearance removed from chalk ; but seems so far from being calcareous , that it endures extreme heat . Yet that the freestone still preserves somewhat that is ...
... stand on a rock of TU COTTAGE AT WELL - HEAD . white stone , little in appearance removed from chalk ; but seems so far from being calcareous , that it endures extreme heat . Yet that the freestone still preserves somewhat that is ...
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... stand high in the estima- tion of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen call shakey , and so brittle as often to fall to pieces in sawing . Beyond the sandy ...
... stand high in the estima- tion of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen call shakey , and so brittle as often to fall to pieces in sawing . Beyond the sandy ...
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... stand two arbours or bowers , made of the boughs of oaks ; the one called Waldon - lodge , the other Brimstone - lodge : these the keepers renew annually on the feast of St. Barna- bas , taking the old materials for a perquisite . The ...
... stand two arbours or bowers , made of the boughs of oaks ; the one called Waldon - lodge , the other Brimstone - lodge : these the keepers renew annually on the feast of St. Barna- bas , taking the old materials for a perquisite . The ...
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... stand The circling surface . " Wolmer - pond , so called , I suppose , for eminence sake , is a vast lake for this part of the world , containing , in its whole circumference , 2,646 yards , or very near a mile and an half . The length ...
... stand The circling surface . " Wolmer - pond , so called , I suppose , for eminence sake , is a vast lake for this part of the world , containing , in its whole circumference , 2,646 yards , or very near a mile and an half . The length ...
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... stand on the top of some stake or post , from whence it springs forth on its prey , catching a fly in the air , and hardly ever touching the ground , but returning still to the same stand for many times together . I perceive there are ...
... stand on the top of some stake or post , from whence it springs forth on its prey , catching a fly in the air , and hardly ever touching the ground , but returning still to the same stand for many times together . I perceive there are ...
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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