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These matters displease me ; but there is another that hurts my pride : -I mean the
contempt shown for my understanding , which these “ lords of the creation ” are
very apt to discover , thinking that nobody knows anything but themselves .
These matters displease me ; but there is another that hurts my pride : -I mean the
contempt shown for my understanding , which these “ lords of the creation ” are
very apt to discover , thinking that nobody knows anything but themselves .
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Ed . Our largest trees are quite insignificant when compared with one our present
excellent bishop of New Zealand discovered in one of the Tonga Islands , a part
of his diocese . In a letter to his father he mentions , that having measured it , he ...
Ed . Our largest trees are quite insignificant when compared with one our present
excellent bishop of New Zealand discovered in one of the Tonga Islands , a part
of his diocese . In a letter to his father he mentions , that having measured it , he ...
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... upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in
them : * See his Hist . of Staffordshire . t Old ... they have discovered these trees ,
in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they were ...
... upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in
them : * See his Hist . of Staffordshire . t Old ... they have discovered these trees ,
in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they were ...
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This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many sorts of wild fowls , which
not only frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as
lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few
years , teals ...
This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many sorts of wild fowls , which
not only frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as
lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few
years , teals ...
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trochilus : Mr. Verham supposes , in Ray's Philosophical Letters , that he has
discovered three . In these , there is again an instance of some very common
birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question
whether the ...
trochilus : Mr. Verham supposes , in Ray's Philosophical Letters , that he has
discovered three . In these , there is again an instance of some very common
birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question
whether the ...
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's Calendar Bohn's illustrated library |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | G. Bell, 1890 |
| Original von | Northwestern University |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Dez. 2010 |
| Länge | 416 Seiten |
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