The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... 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 are ; yet one would scarcely expect , in the world's judgment , a man ...
... 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 are ; yet one would scarcely expect , in the world's judgment , a man ...
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... frequently fails ; but the other is a fine perennial spring , little influenced by drought or wet seasons , called Well - head . * This breaks out of some high grounds joining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk promontory , remarkable for ...
... frequently fails ; but the other is a fine perennial spring , little influenced by drought or wet seasons , called Well - head . * This breaks out of some high grounds joining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk promontory , remarkable for ...
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... frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Well - head , in the way to Emshot , they abound in the bank , in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and ...
... frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Well - head , in the way to Emshot , they abound in the bank , in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and ...
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... frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this ...
... frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this ...
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... frequent our lakes in the forest . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl , I find that it casts up the fur of mice , and the feathers of birds in pellets , after the manner of hawks ; when full , like a dog , it hides what it ...
... frequent our lakes in the forest . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl , I find that it casts up the fur of mice , and the feathers of birds in pellets , after the manner of hawks ; when full , like a dog , it hides what it ...
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The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's Calendar Gilbert White Перегляд фрагмента - 1879 |
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