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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... summer verdure , or autumnal russet , and lighted up in genial sun- shine ; for its beauty is of the joyous seasons , fitted neither to be observed by the sullen influence of a rainy day , nor torn by the rude hand of winter ...
... summer verdure , or autumnal russet , and lighted up in genial sun- shine ; for its beauty is of the joyous seasons , fitted neither to be observed by the sullen influence of a rainy day , nor torn by the rude hand of winter ...
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... 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 the morn , Soon clad , the reaper , provident of ...
... 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 the morn , Soon clad , the reaper , provident of ...
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... summer evenings ; where the former sat in grave lebate , while the latter frolicked and danced before them . Long might it have stood , had not the amazing tempest in 1703 overturned it at once , to the infinite regret of the ...
... summer evenings ; where the former sat in grave lebate , while the latter frolicked and danced before them . Long might it have stood , had not the amazing tempest in 1703 overturned it at once , to the infinite regret of the ...
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... summer the women weed the corn ; and enjoy a second harvest in September by hop - picking . Formerly , in the dead months , they availed themselves greatly by spinning wool , for making of barragons , a genteel corded stuff , much in ...
... summer the women weed the corn ; and enjoy a second harvest in September by hop - picking . Formerly , in the dead months , they availed themselves greatly by spinning wool , for making of barragons , a genteel corded stuff , much in ...
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... summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions ...
... summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions ...
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