The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of SouthamptonSwan Sonnenschein, 1888 - 568 стор. |
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... side of the hedge where it haunted ; and then it would run , creeping like a mouse , before us for a hundred yards together , through the bottom of the thorns ; yet it would not come into fair sight ; but in a morning early , and when ...
... side of the hedge where it haunted ; and then it would run , creeping like a mouse , before us for a hundred yards together , through the bottom of the thorns ; yet it would not come into fair sight ; but in a morning early , and when ...
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... side ; its pectoral fins are large , its ventral much smaller ; the fin behind its anus small ; its dorsal fin large , containing eight spines ; its tail , where it joins to the tail fin , remarkably broad , without any taper- ness , so ...
... side ; its pectoral fins are large , its ventral much smaller ; the fin behind its anus small ; its dorsal fin large , containing eight spines ; its tail , where it joins to the tail fin , remarkably broad , without any taper- ness , so ...
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... side of a steep hill where we drink tea , ' one of these churn - owls came and settled on the cross of that little straw edifice and began to chatter , and continued his note for many minutes ; and we were all struck with wonder to find ...
... side of a steep hill where we drink tea , ' one of these churn - owls came and settled on the cross of that little straw edifice and began to chatter , and continued his note for many minutes ; and we were all struck with wonder to find ...
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... side of each I found the hole bored , as White supposed , by the long upper mandible of Hoggy , ' but it was scarcely big enough to admit a lead pencil , and 6 they drop upon the turf , that beetles are no. OF SELBORNE . 91.
... side of each I found the hole bored , as White supposed , by the long upper mandible of Hoggy , ' but it was scarcely big enough to admit a lead pencil , and 6 they drop upon the turf , that beetles are no. OF SELBORNE . 91.
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... side , a young snipe which it carried , or which clung to it , for about twenty - five yards . " He could distinctly see the markings on the young one , and is therefore positive that he was not mistaken . The locality was close to ...
... side , a young snipe which it carried , or which clung to it , for about twenty - five yards . " He could distinctly see the markings on the young one , and is therefore positive that he was not mistaken . The locality was close to ...
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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.