The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... abound in long words and sentences that come out with a slow , crushed motion , like a rail from the rolling - mill . More particularly is this the case with books of what is called popularised knowledge - accurate , comprehen- sive ...
... abound in long words and sentences that come out with a slow , crushed motion , like a rail from the rolling - mill . More particularly is this the case with books of what is called popularised knowledge - accurate , comprehen- sive ...
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... abound in the bank , in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and soft : but in Clay's Pond , a little farther on , at the end of the pit , where the soil is dug out for manure , I have occasionally observed them of large ...
... abound in the bank , in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and soft : but in Clay's Pond , a little farther on , at the end of the pit , where the soil is dug out for manure , I have occasionally observed them of large ...
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... abound . The manor of Selborne , was it strictly looked after , with all its kindly aspects , and all its sloping coverts , would swarm with game ; even now hares , partridges , and pheas- ants abound ; and in old days woodcocks were as ...
... abound . The manor of Selborne , was it strictly looked after , with all its kindly aspects , and all its sloping coverts , would swarm with game ; even now hares , partridges , and pheas- ants abound ; and in old days woodcocks were as ...
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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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... abound in harvest ; and build their nests amidst the straws of the corn above the ground , and sometimes in thistles . They breed as many as eight at a litter , in a little round nest composed of the blades of grass or wheat . One of ...
... abound in harvest ; and build their nests amidst the straws of the corn above the ground , and sometimes in thistles . They breed as many as eight at a litter , in a little round nest composed of the blades of grass or wheat . One of ...
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