The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarBell & Daldy, 1872 - 416 стор. |
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... abound in * There is a village in the west of England , remarkable for the quantity it possesses of the " Cornu ammonis . " The name of it is Keynsham , between Bath and Bristol . This has given rise to a fabulous legend , which says ...
... abound in * There is a village in the west of England , remarkable for the quantity it possesses of the " Cornu ammonis . " The name of it is Keynsham , between Bath and Bristol . This has given rise to a fabulous legend , which says ...
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... abound . * * The deep lanes in this part of Hampshire and Sussex are truly charming , from the roots of trees twisting themselves , as they do , in fantastic shapes The manor of Selborne , were it strictly looked after MANOR OF SELBORNE ...
... abound . * * The deep lanes in this part of Hampshire and Sussex are truly charming , from the roots of trees twisting themselves , as they do , in fantastic shapes The manor of Selborne , were it strictly looked after MANOR OF SELBORNE ...
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... abound ; and in old days , woodcocks were as plentiful . There are few quails , because they more affect open fields than enclosures ; after harvest some few land - rails are seen . The parish of Selborne , by taking in so much of the ...
... abound ; and in old days , woodcocks were as plentiful . There are few quails , because they more affect open fields than enclosures ; after harvest some few land - rails are seen . The parish of Selborne , by taking in so much of the ...
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... abound with poor ; many of whom are sober and industrious , and live comfortably , in good stone or brick cottages , which are glazed , and have chambers above stairs ; mud buildings we have none . Besides the employment from husbandry ...
... abound with poor ; many of whom are sober and industrious , and live comfortably , in good stone or brick cottages , which are glazed , and have chambers above stairs ; mud buildings we have none . Besides the employment from husbandry ...
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... abounds, and retains so much resin as to be used for lights during winter, for which purpose it is dug out, dried and split into narrow lengths. — W.J. t Black game may now be found in the forest, and a few grouse. — Ed. X Black game ...
... abounds, and retains so much resin as to be used for lights during winter, for which purpose it is dug out, dried and split into narrow lengths. — W.J. t Black game may now be found in the forest, and a few grouse. — Ed. X Black game ...
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The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... Gilbert White Повний перегляд - 1878 |
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Сторінка 134 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Сторінка 256 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Сторінка 221 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...
Сторінка 212 - ... anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations, long since forgotten.
Сторінка 210 - ... his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond. Where metheglin was making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with his lips, resembling the buzzing of bees. This lad was lean and sallow, and of a cadaverous complexion ; and, except in his favourite pursuit, in which he was wonderfully...
Сторінка 106 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers; Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Сторінка 246 - They are the housewife's barometer, foretelling her when it will rain; and are prognostics sometimes, she thinks, of ill or good luck, of the death of a near relation or the approach of an absent lover. By being the constant companions of her solitary hours they naturally become the objects of her superstition.