The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The naturalist's calendar and miscellaneous observationsChiswick Press, 1837 - 640 стор. |
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... colour and grain to the Bath stone ; and superior in one respect , that , when seasoned , it does not scale . Decent chimney- pieces are worked from it of much closer and finer grain than Portland ; and rooms are floored with it ; but ...
... colour and grain to the Bath stone ; and superior in one respect , that , when seasoned , it does not scale . Decent chimney- pieces are worked from it of much closer and finer grain than Portland ; and rooms are floored with it ; but ...
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... colour , which seem to be nearly as lasting as the blue ; and every now and then balls of a friable substance , like rust of iron , called rust balls . In Wolmer Forest I see but one sort of stone , called by the workmen sand , or ...
... colour , which seem to be nearly as lasting as the blue ; and every now and then balls of a friable substance , like rust of iron , called rust balls . In Wolmer Forest I see but one sort of stone , called by the workmen sand , or ...
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... colour , and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir : but upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in them ; and therefore rather suppose that they were parts of a willow or alder , or ...
... colour , and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir : but upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in them ; and therefore rather suppose that they were parts of a willow or alder , or ...
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... colours , and as being found in burrows : the winter nest of the species is described by White in Letter XXVI . Willughby's error must have been occasioned by his having assumed from a certain habit that a certain structure which he ...
... colours , and as being found in burrows : the winter nest of the species is described by White in Letter XXVI . Willughby's error must have been occasioned by his having assumed from a certain habit that a certain structure which he ...
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... colour of the pupils and the irides ' . The most unusual birds I ever observed in these parts were a pair of hoopoes ( Upupa ) , which came THE HOOPOE . several years ago in the summer , and frequented an ornamented piece of ground ...
... colour of the pupils and the irides ' . The most unusual birds I ever observed in these parts were a pair of hoopoes ( Upupa ) , which came THE HOOPOE . several years ago in the summer , and frequented an ornamented piece of ground ...
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