The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes , * and runs by the intense heat , and so cases over the whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass , that it is ...
... turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes , * and runs by the intense heat , and so cases over the whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass , that it is ...
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... turn up some blocks tinged * To surbed stone is to set it edgewise , contrary to the posture it had in the quarry , says Dr. Plot , Oxfordsh . , p . 77. But surbed- ding does not succeed in our dry walls ; neither do we use it so in ...
... turn up some blocks tinged * To surbed stone is to set it edgewise , contrary to the posture it had in the quarry , says Dr. Plot , Oxfordsh . , p . 77. But surbed- ding does not succeed in our dry walls ; neither do we use it so in ...
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... turning all live stock on the forest at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis . * The reason , I presume , why sheept are excluded , is because , being such close grazers , they would pick out all the finest grasses , and hinder the deer ...
... turning all live stock on the forest at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis . * The reason , I presume , why sheept are excluded , is because , being such close grazers , they would pick out all the finest grasses , and hinder the deer ...
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... turn , assures me that , when he was a great boy , some workmen , in pulling down the battlements of a church tower early in the spring , found two or three swifts ( hirundines apodes * ) among the rubbish , which were , at first ...
... turn , assures me that , when he was a great boy , some workmen , in pulling down the battlements of a church tower early in the spring , found two or three swifts ( hirundines apodes * ) among the rubbish , which were , at first ...
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... turn to flesh flies . The reptile used to come forth every evening from an hole under the garden - steps ; and was taken up , after supper , on the table to be fed . But at last a tame raven , kenning him as he put forth his head , gave ...
... turn to flesh flies . The reptile used to come forth every evening from an hole under the garden - steps ; and was taken up , after supper , on the table to be fed . But at last a tame raven , kenning him as he put forth his head , gave ...
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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