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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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On the Blackmoor estate there is a small wood called Losel's , of a few acres ,
that was lately furnished with a set of oaks of a peculiar growth and great value :
they were tall and taper like firs , but , standing near together , had very small
heads ...
On the Blackmoor estate there is a small wood called Losel's , of a few acres ,
that was lately furnished with a set of oaks of a peculiar growth and great value :
they were tall and taper like firs , but , standing near together , had very small
heads ...
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... ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me
for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a
petrified fish of about four inches long , the cardo passing for a head and mouth .
... ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me
for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a
petrified fish of about four inches long , the cardo passing for a head and mouth .
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From a notion of rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish ,
masons chip this stone into small fragments about the size of the head of a large
nail , and then stick the pieces into the wet mortar along the joints of their
freestone ...
From a notion of rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish ,
masons chip this stone into small fragments about the size of the head of a large
nail , and then stick the pieces into the wet mortar along the joints of their
freestone ...
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31 55 . among the rocky strata , —the quantity of wild flowers , —the pretty
mosses covering the rocks and roots , —the trickling water over head , and the
shade afforded by overhanging trees and shrubs . - ED . * A very intelligent
gentleman ...
31 55 . among the rocky strata , —the quantity of wild flowers , —the pretty
mosses covering the rocks and roots , —the trickling water over head , and the
shade afforded by overhanging trees and shrubs . - ED . * A very intelligent
gentleman ...
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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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