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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... turned in to graze . The charm of the scene was much increased by this rural music , borne through the glades in the hanger . “ Mr. White's own house , the successive abode of several generations of his family , is , of course , the ...
... turned in to graze . The charm of the scene was much increased by this rural music , borne through the glades in the hanger . “ Mr. White's own house , the successive abode of several generations of his family , is , of course , the ...
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... turned up to the frost and rain , moulders to pieces , and becomes manure to itself . † Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of * This spring produced , September 14 , 1781 , after a severe hot summer , nd a ...
... turned up to the frost and rain , moulders to pieces , and becomes manure to itself . † Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of * This spring produced , September 14 , 1781 , after a severe hot summer , nd a ...
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... turned to a substance resembling agate . In a bog in Staffordshire , with which I am well acquainted , huge oak trees , at a considerable depth , might be found , from the snow having melted away on the surface . - ED . h 19 11 10 of d ...
... turned to a substance resembling agate . In a bog in Staffordshire , with which I am well acquainted , huge oak trees , at a considerable depth , might be found , from the snow having melted away on the surface . - ED . h 19 11 10 of d ...
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... turning all live stock on the forest , at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis , " sheep excepted . ' The reason , I presume , why sheep are excluded is , because , being such close grazers , they would pick out all the finest grasses ...
... turning all live stock on the forest , at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis , " sheep excepted . ' The reason , I presume , why sheep are excluded is , because , being such close grazers , they would pick out all the finest grasses ...
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... turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests , to the great terror of the neighbourhood ; and , at one time , a wild bull , or buffalo : but the country rose upon them , and destroyed them . A very large fall of timber ...
... turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests , to the great terror of the neighbourhood ; and , at one time , a wild bull , or buffalo : but the country rose upon them , and destroyed them . A very large fall of timber ...
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