The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... able to say that the spinning employment is a little revived , to the no small comfort of the industrious housewife . + See his History of Staffordshire . fallen trees hidden in the mosses of the southern counties NATURAL HISTORY OF ...
... able to say that the spinning employment is a little revived , to the no small comfort of the industrious housewife . + See his History of Staffordshire . fallen trees hidden in the mosses of the southern counties NATURAL HISTORY OF ...
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... able to shift for themselves . About ten years ago I used to spend some weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton Court . In the autumn , I could not help being much amused with ...
... able to shift for themselves . About ten years ago I used to spend some weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton Court . In the autumn , I could not help being much amused with ...
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... able to traverse vast seas and continents in order to enjoy milder seasons amidst the regions of Africa ! * See Adanson's Voyage to Senegal . LETTER XIII . SELBORNE , Jan. 22nd , 1768 . 36 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... able to traverse vast seas and continents in order to enjoy milder seasons amidst the regions of Africa ! * See Adanson's Voyage to Senegal . LETTER XIII . SELBORNE , Jan. 22nd , 1768 . 36 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... able to judge whether our female flocks migrate from the other end of the island , or whether they come over to us from the continent . We have , in the winter , vast flocks of the common linnets ; more , I think , than can be bred in ...
... able to judge whether our female flocks migrate from the other end of the island , or whether they come over to us from the continent . We have , in the winter , vast flocks of the common linnets ; more , I think , than can be bred in ...
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... able to fly , threw them down and destroyed them , to the regret of the owner , who would have been glad to have preserved such a curiosity in his rookery . I saw the birds myself nailed against the end of a barn , and was surprised to ...
... able to fly , threw them down and destroyed them , to the regret of the owner , who would have been glad to have preserved such a curiosity in his rookery . I saw the birds myself nailed against the end of a barn , and was surprised to ...
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