The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne, Том 1E. P. Dutton & Company, 1901 |
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Alton Antiquities of Selborne appears April Benjamin White bird Bostal brother Thomas Caversham Charles Etty Chilgrove Churton Dear Dr Chandler Edmund White Faringdon father feet Fellowship Fern-owl Fleet Street Fyfield garden Gilbert White glad Grimm hanger Hants hear Henry White Hermitage hop-planters hope hops humble servant John White joins in respects journey July June lady late letter London look Loveday Magdalen College Marsham mentioned Miss White Molly Mulso writes Natural History neighbour nephew never Newton Newton Valence niece Novr Oriel College Oxford parish parlor pleased poor Pray write present Puckeridge rain Ringmer Samuel Barker seems seen Selborne Seleburne Snooke soon South Lambeth spring summer swallows tell thanks Thomas White Timothy tortoise town trees Vicar village weather week White joins winter wish wrote Yalden young Yr loving uncle
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Сторінка 94 - The pale descending year, yet pleasing still, A gentler mood inspires; for now the leaf Incessant rustles from the mournful grove, Oft startling such as, studious, walk below, And slowly circles through the waving air.
Сторінка 44 - It happened one afternoon, at a tea visit, that several intelligent friends were assembled at his rooms to enjoy each other's conversation, when in comes a member of a certain college, as remarkable at that time for his brutal disposition, as for his good scholarship; who, though he met with a circle of the most peaceable people in the world, was determined to quarrel; and, though no man said a word, lifted up his foot and kicked the tea-table, and all its contents, to the other side of the room.
Сторінка 149 - STIR up, we beseech thee, 0 Lord, the wills of thy faithful people ; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Сторінка 114 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Сторінка 141 - Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Сторінка 104 - Know, then, that I am an American, and was born in the year 1734 in the Province of Virginia, in the midst of a savanna that lay between a large tobacco plantation and a creek of the sea.
Сторінка 44 - ... of fine abilities, which, properly improved, must have raised him to the top of any profession, and have rendered him a blessing to his friends, and an ornament to his country. " Without books, or steadiness and resolution to consult them if he had been possessed of any, he was always planning schemes for elaborate publications, which were carried no further than the drawing up proposals for subscriptions, some of which were published ; and in particular, as far as I remember, one for a History...
Сторінка 105 - ... my slumbers as I lay in the hold. We had a short voyage, and came to anchor, on the coast of England in the harbour of Chichester. In that city my kidnapper sold me for half-a-crown to a country gentleman, who came up to attend an election.
Сторінка 232 - A | Naturalist's Calendar, | with | Observations in various branches | of | Natural History; | extracted from the papers | of the late | Rev. Gilbert White, MA [ of Selborne, Hampshire, | Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | Never before published.
Сторінка 175 - Though a man of a Baronet's family, and of one of the best houses in Kent,2 yet was his humility so prevalent, that he did not disdain the lowest offices, provided they tended to the good of his fellow creatures. The last act of benevolence in which I saw him employed was, at his rectory of Faringdon, the...