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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... remarkable for its extreme accuracy , its pleasing style , and the agreeable and varied information it contains . In order to enable our readers to enter more fully into the merits of the " Natural History of Selborne , " some account ...
... remarkable for its extreme accuracy , its pleasing style , and the agreeable and varied information it contains . In order to enable our readers to enter more fully into the merits of the " Natural History of Selborne , " some account ...
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... remarkable places . In many respects you will easily beat Plot : he is too credulous sometimes trifling , and sometimes superstitious ; and at all times ready to make a needless display and ostentation of erudition . Your knowledge of ...
... remarkable places . In many respects you will easily beat Plot : he is too credulous sometimes trifling , and sometimes superstitious ; and at all times ready to make a needless display and ostentation of erudition . Your knowledge of ...
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... remarkable are certainly more elegant and graceful : the former , I think , has been termed by Gilpin , the " Venus " of British trees . The plane and horse - chestnut wili outvie it in a dense and deep rich foliage , while the oak will ...
... remarkable are certainly more elegant and graceful : the former , I think , has been termed by Gilpin , the " Venus " of British trees . The plane and horse - chestnut wili outvie it in a dense and deep rich foliage , while the oak will ...
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... remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas . The one to the south becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so falling into the British Channel ; the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one ...
... remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas . The one to the south becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so falling into the British Channel ; the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one ...
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... remarkable for timber , and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the esti- mation of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen ...
... remarkable for timber , and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the esti- mation of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen ...
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