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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... colours glows , th ' unconscious swain , With vacant eye , gazes on the divine Phenomenon , gleaming o'er the illumined fields , Or runs to catch the treasures which it sheds . Not so the sage : inspired with pious awe , He hails the ...
... colours glows , th ' unconscious swain , With vacant eye , gazes on the divine Phenomenon , gleaming o'er the illumined fields , Or runs to catch the treasures which it sheds . Not so the sage : inspired with pious awe , He hails the ...
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... colour , extending by degrees in circumference and up the stem , until the lower part of it becomes entirely deprived of vegetation , and assumes a tough and corky appearance . This extends to the whole plant , which gradually decays ...
... colour , extending by degrees in circumference and up the stem , until the lower part of it becomes entirely deprived of vegetation , and assumes a tough and corky appearance . This extends to the whole plant , which gradually decays ...
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... colour and grain to the Bath stone ; and superior in one respect , that , when seasoned , it does not scale . Decent chimney - pieces are worked from it , of much closer and finer grain than Portland ; and rooms are floored with * There ...
... colour and grain to the Bath stone ; and superior in one respect , that , when seasoned , it does not scale . Decent chimney - pieces are worked from it , of much closer and finer grain than Portland ; and rooms are floored with * There ...
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... colour , which seem to be nearly as lasting as the blue ; and every now and then balls of a friable substance , like rust of iron , called rust balls . In Wolmer Forest , I see but one sort of stone , called by the workmen sand , or ...
... colour , which seem to be nearly as lasting as the blue ; and every now and then balls of a friable substance , like rust of iron , called rust balls . In Wolmer Forest , I see but one sort of stone , called by the workmen sand , or ...
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... colour , and softer nature , which the mhabitants called fir ; but , upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in them : * See his Hist . of Staffordshire . Nor does Old people have assured me ...
... colour , and softer nature , which the mhabitants called fir ; but , upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in them : * See his Hist . of Staffordshire . Nor does Old people have assured me ...
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