The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... snow was never melted at all , remained uninjured . From hence I would infer that it is the repeated melting and freezing of the snow that is so fatal to vegetation , rather than the severity of the cold . Therefore it highly behoves ...
... snow was never melted at all , remained uninjured . From hence I would infer that it is the repeated melting and freezing of the snow that is so fatal to vegetation , rather than the severity of the cold . Therefore it highly behoves ...
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... Snow driving all the day , which was followed by frost , sleet , and some snow , till the 12th , when a prodigious mass overwhelmed all the works of men , drifting over the tops of the gates and filling the hollow lanes . On the 14th ...
... Snow driving all the day , which was followed by frost , sleet , and some snow , till the 12th , when a prodigious mass overwhelmed all the works of men , drifting over the tops of the gates and filling the hollow lanes . On the 14th ...
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... snow was driven into most romantic and grotesque shapes , so striking to the imagination as not to be seen without wonder and pleasure . The poultry dared not to stir out of their roosting places ; for cocks and hens are so dazzled and ...
... snow was driven into most romantic and grotesque shapes , so striking to the imagination as not to be seen without wonder and pleasure . The poultry dared not to stir out of their roosting places ; for cocks and hens are so dazzled and ...
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