The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of SouthamptonSwan Sonnenschein, 1888 - 568 стор. |
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... vast additions which are daily being made to our knowledge in almost every branch of natural history . Wolmer Forest , which eighty years ago was " without one standing tree in the whole extent " ( p . 18 ) , is now partly enclosed ...
... vast additions which are daily being made to our knowledge in almost every branch of natural history . Wolmer Forest , which eighty years ago was " without one standing tree in the whole extent " ( p . 18 ) , is now partly enclosed ...
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... vast hill of chalk , rising 300 ft . above the village ; and is divided into a sheep 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 ...
... vast hill of chalk , rising 300 ft . above the village ; and is divided into a sheep 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 ...
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... vast oak , with a short squat body , and huge hori- zontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area . This venerable tree , surrounded with stone steps , and seats above them , was the delight of old and young , and a place of ...
... vast oak , with a short squat body , and huge hori- zontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area . This venerable tree , surrounded with stone steps , and seats above them , was the delight of old and young , and a place of ...
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... vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow , and the stratum thin . This stone is imperishable . From a notion of rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish , masons chip this stone ...
... vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow , and the stratum thin . This stone is imperishable . From a notion of rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish , masons chip this stone ...
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... vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and indentings , does not comprise less than thirty miles . The village stands in a ...
... vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and indentings , does not comprise less than thirty miles . The village stands in a ...
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Сторінка 28 - Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and often bending, sip The circling surface.
Сторінка 149 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Сторінка 223 - ... afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :* — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten.
Сторінка 223 - ... it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Сторінка 7 - ... the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit.
Сторінка 214 - HERE is a wonderful spirit of sociality in the brute creation, independent of sexual attachment : the congregating of gregarious birds in the winter is a remarkable instance. Many horses, though quiet with company, will not stay one minute in a field by themselves : the strongest fences cannot restrain them. My neighbour's horse will not only not stay by himself abroad, but he will not bear to be left...
Сторінка 43 - I procured this autumn, most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of wheat ; perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket-ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovering to what part it belonged. It was so compact and well filled, that it would roll across the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
Сторінка 186 - Though I have now travelled the Sussex Downs upwards of thirty years, yet I still investigate that chain of majestic mountains with fresh admiration year by year; and I think I see new beauties every time I traverse it.
Сторінка 267 - Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody ; nor do harsh sounds always displease. We are more apt to be captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous.
Сторінка xxi - He is also of opinion that if stationary men would pay some attention to the districts on which they reside, and would publish their thoughts respecting the objects that surround them, from such materials might be drawn the most complete county-histories, which are still wanting in several parts of this kingdom, and in particular in the coonty of Southampton.