The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... first , then it is very hard work . If , on the other hand , your mind dwells upon science , and the questions it has opened up of late years , and you feel yourself well armed with argument , then you may find in viii PREFACE .
... first , then it is very hard work . If , on the other hand , your mind dwells upon science , and the questions it has opened up of late years , and you feel yourself well armed with argument , then you may find in viii PREFACE .
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... late in the day , when it was , in fact , too late , else this Calendar would have been of the utmost advantage to me . Such data , though they may refer to apparently trivial details , often prove in after years the basis of important ...
... late in the day , when it was , in fact , too late , else this Calendar would have been of the utmost advantage to me . Such data , though they may refer to apparently trivial details , often prove in after years the basis of important ...
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... late . * Besides the oak , I have also been shown pieces of fossil wood of a paler colour and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir : but , upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in ...
... late . * Besides the oak , I have also been shown pieces of fossil wood of a paler colour and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir : but , upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in ...
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... late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and six yoeman - prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag - hounds ; ordering them to take every deer in ...
... late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and six yoeman - prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag - hounds ; ordering them to take every deer in ...
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... late Bishop of Winchester , when urged to re - stock Waltham Chase , † refused , from a motive worthy of a prelate , replying " that it had done mischief enough already . " Our old race of deer - stealers is hardly extinct yet : it was ...
... late Bishop of Winchester , when urged to re - stock Waltham Chase , † refused , from a motive worthy of a prelate , replying " that it had done mischief enough already . " Our old race of deer - stealers is hardly extinct yet : it was ...
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