The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 Seiten |
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... White , which he kept with great care and neatness . From these Diaries , a pretty correct idea may be formed of Mr. White's habits of life . It is evident that he was strongly attached to the charms of rural life , and the tranquillity ...
... White , which he kept with great care and neatness . From these Diaries , a pretty correct idea may be formed of Mr. White's habits of life . It is evident that he was strongly attached to the charms of rural life , and the tranquillity ...
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... White's father was the grandson of Sir Sampson White ( knighted by Charles the Second , on his coronation ) , to whose memory a handsome monument is placed in St. Mary's Church , Oxford . In the year 1731 , his father came to Selborne ...
... White's father was the grandson of Sir Sampson White ( knighted by Charles the Second , on his coronation ) , to whose memory a handsome monument is placed in St. Mary's Church , Oxford . In the year 1731 , his father came to Selborne ...
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... White in his idea of parochial history , which , he thinks , ought to con- sist of natural productions and occurrences , as well as anti- quities for antiquities , when once surveyed , seldom recal further attention , and are confined ...
... White in his idea of parochial history , which , he thinks , ought to con- sist of natural productions and occurrences , as well as anti- quities for antiquities , when once surveyed , seldom recal further attention , and are confined ...
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... White passed his days either in correspondence with , or in the society of , amiable friends , and closed them in the 73rd year of his age , on the 26th of June , 1793 . Mr. White in his earlier days was much attached to Miss Mulso ...
... White passed his days either in correspondence with , or in the society of , amiable friends , and closed them in the 73rd year of his age , on the 26th of June , 1793 . Mr. White in his earlier days was much attached to Miss Mulso ...
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... White . Further particulars of him must be sought in his Diaries , his History of Selborne , and in his Correspondence . He was , strictly speaking , an out - door naturalist , following the pursuit with unwearied diligence , and ...
... White . Further particulars of him must be sought in his Diaries , his History of Selborne , and in his Correspondence . He was , strictly speaking , an out - door naturalist , following the pursuit with unwearied diligence , and ...
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