The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... curious that White should have had an artist's eye for landscape . He frequently , as he rides along the South Downs , checks his horse to admire those very scenes which Turner has made classic . He thinks them glorious , as indeed they ...
... curious that White should have had an artist's eye for landscape . He frequently , as he rides along the South Downs , checks his horse to admire those very scenes which Turner has made classic . He thinks them glorious , as indeed they ...
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... been a book composed of extraordinary interest . Walking about among the cottages , he saw and heard all their curious ways , and must have been familiar with their superstitions ; indeed , there are scattered notices of these PREFACE . xi.
... been a book composed of extraordinary interest . Walking about among the cottages , he saw and heard all their curious ways , and must have been familiar with their superstitions ; indeed , there are scattered notices of these PREFACE . xi.
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... curiosity , a specimen that was ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified fish of about four inches long ...
... curiosity , a specimen that was ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified fish of about four inches long ...
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... curious foldings of the suture the one into the other , the alternate flutings or grooves , and the curved form of my specimen are much easier expressed by the pencil than by words . Cornua Ammonis are very common about this village ...
... curious foldings of the suture the one into the other , the alternate flutings or grooves , and the curved form of my specimen are much easier expressed by the pencil than by words . Cornua Ammonis are very common about this village ...
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... curious filices with which they 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 ...
... curious filices with which they 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 ...
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The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's Calendar Gilbert White Перегляд фрагмента - 1879 |
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young