The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... seasons , called Well - head . * This breaks out of some high grounds joining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk promontory , remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas . The one to the south becomes a branch of the Arun ...
... seasons , called Well - head . * This breaks out of some high grounds joining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk promontory , remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas . The one to the south becomes a branch of the Arun ...
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... seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions ; and in particular , in the dry summers of 1740 and 1741 , and some years after , they swarmed to such a degree that parties of unreasonable sportsmen killed ...
... seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions ; and in particular , in the dry summers of 1740 and 1741 , and some years after , they swarmed to such a degree that parties of unreasonable sportsmen killed ...
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... seasons , Though ( by statute 4 and 5 , W. and Mary , c . 23 ) " to burn on any waste , between Candlemas and Midsummer , any grig , ling , heath and furze , goss or fern , is punishable * For this privilege the owners of that estate ...
... seasons , Though ( by statute 4 and 5 , W. and Mary , c . 23 ) " to burn on any waste , between Candlemas and Midsummer , any grig , ling , heath and furze , goss or fern , is punishable * For this privilege the owners of that estate ...
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... season , such vast heath - fires are lighted up , that they often get to a masterless head , and , catching the hedges , have sometimes been communicated to the under- woods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The ...
... season , such vast heath - fires are lighted up , that they often get to a masterless head , and , catching the hedges , have sometimes been communicated to the under- woods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The ...
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... season , vast flocks of ducks , teals , and widgeons , of various denominations ; where they preen and solace , and rest themselves , till towards sunset , when they issue forth in little parties ( for in their natural state they are ...
... season , vast flocks of ducks , teals , and widgeons , of various denominations ; where they preen and solace , and rest themselves , till towards sunset , when they issue forth in little parties ( for in their natural state they are ...
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The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's Calendar Gilbert White Перегляд фрагмента - 1879 |
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