The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . summer , and a preceding dry spring and winter , nine gallons of water in a minute , which is five hundred and forty in an hour , and ...
... till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . summer , and a preceding dry spring and winter , nine gallons of water in a minute , which is five hundred and forty in an hour , and ...
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... till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled . It was in the month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the ...
... till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled . It was in the month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the ...
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... till a person has measured it for a very long period . " If I had measured the rain , " says he , " for the four first years from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon was 16 inches for the year ; if from 1740 to ...
... till a person has measured it for a very long period . " If I had measured the rain , " says he , " for the four first years from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon was 16 inches for the year ; if from 1740 to ...
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... till the time PARTRIDGE ON NEST . of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down an huntsman , and six yeomen - prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag ...
... till the time PARTRIDGE ON NEST . of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down an huntsman , and six yeomen - prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag ...
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... till it was large and fat enough to be killed ; the shooting at one of their neighbours with a bullet in a turnip- field by moonshine , mistaking him for a deer ; and the losing a dog in the following extraordinary manner : -Some fel ...
... till it was large and fat enough to be killed ; the shooting at one of their neighbours with a bullet in a turnip- field by moonshine , mistaking him for a deer ; and the losing a dog in the following extraordinary manner : -Some fel ...
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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