The Natural History of SelborneJohn Van Voorst, 1843 - 398 стор. |
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... doubt . The new species which he was the first to discover in this country , amongst which are two quadrupeds , the harvest- mouse and the great bat ; and others which had been previously confounded , till he first pointed out the ...
... doubt . The new species which he was the first to discover in this country , amongst which are two quadrupeds , the harvest- mouse and the great bat ; and others which had been previously confounded , till he first pointed out the ...
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... doubt he was much influenced in this idea by his subsequent correspondence with Daines Barrington , who was a strong advocate for it , and who disbelieved in migration altogether . The real state of the case , so far as our present ...
... doubt he was much influenced in this idea by his subsequent correspondence with Daines Barrington , who was a strong advocate for it , and who disbelieved in migration altogether . The real state of the case , so far as our present ...
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... doubt of it ; for , in April , in the first fine weather , they come trooping all at once into these parts , but are never seen in the winter . They are delicate songsters . Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on ...
... doubt of it ; for , in April , in the first fine weather , they come trooping all at once into these parts , but are never seen in the winter . They are delicate songsters . Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on ...
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... doubt whe- ther it differs from his mus terrestris ; which if it be , as he allows , the " mus agrestis capite grandi brachyuros " of Ray , is widely different from the water - rat , both in size , make , and manner of life . * * There ...
... doubt whe- ther it differs from his mus terrestris ; which if it be , as he allows , the " mus agrestis capite grandi brachyuros " of Ray , is widely different from the water - rat , both in size , make , and manner of life . * * There ...
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... doubt , contributed to keep us in ignorance of their habits and economy , which exceeds that of almost any land bird he is acquainted with , rendering it almost impossible , in open places , to approach them within gun - shot . He ...
... doubt , contributed to keep us in ignorance of their habits and economy , which exceeds that of almost any land bird he is acquainted with , rendering it almost impossible , in open places , to approach them within gun - shot . He ...
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Сторінка 323 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Сторінка 381 - Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, JOHN MILTON. 345 In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Сторінка 96 - Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, When the frost rages and the tempests beat ? Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature is your secret guide!
Сторінка 191 - MILTOK. but scout and hurry along in little detached parties of six or seven in a company ; and sweeping low, just over the surface of the land and water, direct their course to the opposite continent at the narrowest passage they can find.
Сторінка 306 - Owls move in a buoyant manner, as if lighter than the air; they seem to want ballast. There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens that must draw the attention even of the most incurious — they spend all their leisure time in striking and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish...
Сторінка 85 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Сторінка 2 - 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 foliage, or graceful pendulous boughs.
Сторінка 27 - 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 261 - ... moist pastures, by the sides of streams, and under hedges. These rushes are in best condition in the height of summer, but may be gathered, so as to serve the purpose well, quite on to autumn.
Сторінка 226 - In Sweden she builds in barns, and is called ladu swala, the barn-swallow. Besides, in the warmer parts of Europe there are no chimneys to houses, except they are English-built: in these countries she constructs her nest in porches, and gateways, and galleries, and open halls. Here and there a bird may affect some odd, peculiar place ; as we have known a swallow build down the shaft of an old well, through which chalk had been formerly drawn up for the purpose of manure; but, in general, with us...