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The brickpath at the back of the house , in the paddock , at Selborne , was laid
down by him upwards of a century since , that in his old age he might be able to
walk into his field in the early morning without wetting his feet . It remains to this
day ...
The brickpath at the back of the house , in the paddock , at Selborne , was laid
down by him upwards of a century since , that in his old age he might be able to
walk into his field in the early morning without wetting his feet . It remains to this
day ...
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It seems to have seen several centuries , and is probably coeval with the church ,
and therefore may be deemed an antiquity . The body is short , squat , and thick ,
and measures twenty - three feet in the girth , supporting a head of suitable ...
It seems to have seen several centuries , and is probably coeval with the church ,
and therefore may be deemed an antiquity . The body is short , squat , and thick ,
and measures twenty - three feet in the girth , supporting a head of suitable ...
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The high part to the south - west consists of a vast hill of chalk , rising three
hundred feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep - down , the high
wood , and a long hanging wood , called the Hanger . The covert of this emi
nence is ...
The high part to the south - west consists of a vast hill of chalk , rising three
hundred feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep - down , the high
wood , and a long hanging wood , called the Hanger . The covert of this emi
nence is ...
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Our wells , at an average , run to about sixty - three feet , and , when sunk to that
depth , seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much
commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well
...
Our wells , at an average , run to about sixty - three feet , and , when sunk to that
depth , seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much
commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well
...
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1703 , equal to a moderate tree , yet , when felled , containca eight loads of
timber ; and being too bulky for a carriage , was sawn off at seven feet above the
butt , where it measured near eight feet in diameter . * This elm I mention , to
show to ...
1703 , equal to a moderate tree , yet , when felled , containca eight loads of
timber ; and being too bulky for a carriage , was sawn off at seven feet above the
butt , where it measured near eight feet in diameter . * This elm I mention , to
show to ...
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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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