The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... trees grew far too plentifully at the cross roads in those days , and the laws were inhuman , men were put to death like wild beasts : in fact , they seemed to look on man as a species of wolf that could only be tamed by stretching its ...
... trees grew far too plentifully at the cross roads in those days , and the laws were inhuman , men were put to death like wild beasts : in fact , they seemed to look on man as a species of wolf that could only be tamed by stretching its ...
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... down , the high wood and a long hanging wood , called The Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees , whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its glossy Letters to Thomas Pennant.
... down , the high wood and a long hanging wood , called The Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees , whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its glossy Letters to Thomas Pennant.
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... trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen call shaky , and so brittle as often to fall to pieces in ... tree , yet , when felled , contained eight loads of timber ; and , being too bulky for a carriage , was sawn off at ...
... trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen call shaky , and so brittle as often to fall to pieces in ... tree , yet , when felled , contained eight loads of timber ; and , being too bulky for a carriage , was sawn off at ...
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... trees were wanted for the repairs that were fifty feet long without bough , and would measure twelve inches diameter at the little end . Twenty such trees did a purveyor find in this little wood , with this advantage , that many of them ...
... trees were wanted for the repairs that were fifty feet long without bough , and would measure twelve inches diameter at the little end . Twenty such trees did a purveyor find in this little wood , with this advantage , that many of them ...
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... Tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted their inclinations , and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task . But when they arrived at the swelling , it jutted out so ...
... Tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted their inclinations , and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task . But when they arrived at the swelling , it jutted out so ...
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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