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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... seasons , fitted neither to be observed by the sullen influence of a rainy day , nor torn by the rude hand of winter . Descending into the single straggling street ' of which the village consists , my steps were instinctively directed ...
... seasons , fitted neither to be observed by the sullen influence of a rainy day , nor torn by the rude hand of winter . Descending into the single straggling street ' of which the village consists , my steps were instinctively directed ...
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... seasons . The fol lowing letter , with which the editor has been favoured by one of Mr. White's family , will show his style of correspond- euce , -it was addressed to his brother Thomas . DEAR BROTHER , As I have often heard Sir S. THE ...
... seasons . The fol lowing letter , with which the editor has been favoured by one of Mr. White's family , will show his style of correspond- euce , -it was addressed to his brother Thomas . DEAR BROTHER , As I have often heard Sir S. THE ...
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... Season shall follow season : day to night , " Summer to winter , harvest to seed time , " Heat shall to cold in regular array " Succeed . " - Heav'n taught , so sang the Hebrew bard§ A HARVEST SCENE . WAKED by the gentle gleamings of ...
... Season shall follow season : day to night , " Summer to winter , harvest to seed time , " Heat shall to cold in regular array " Succeed . " - Heav'n taught , so sang the Hebrew bard§ A HARVEST SCENE . WAKED by the gentle gleamings of ...
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... season , Winter smiles . For days , for weeks , prevails the placid calm . At length some drops prelude a change : the sun With ray refracted , bursts the parting gloom , When all the chequer'd sky is one bright glare . Mutters the wind ...
... season , Winter smiles . For days , for weeks , prevails the placid calm . At length some drops prelude a change : the sun With ray refracted , bursts the parting gloom , When all the chequer'd sky is one bright glare . Mutters the wind ...
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... seasons , called Well- head . * This breaks out of some high grounds adjoining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk promontory , remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas . The one to the south becomes a branch of the ...
... seasons , called Well- head . * This breaks out of some high grounds adjoining to Nore Hill , a noble chalk promontory , remarkable for sending forth two streams into two different seas . The one to the south becomes a branch of the ...
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