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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... whole , we will pronounce that the inquirers into natural knowledge will find Mr. White to be no unequa successor of Ray and Derham ; and that the History of the Priory is a curious tract of local antiquity . We should not hesitate to ...
... whole , we will pronounce that the inquirers into natural knowledge will find Mr. White to be no unequa successor of Ray and Derham ; and that the History of the Priory is a curious tract of local antiquity . We should not hesitate to ...
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... whole plant , which gradually decays and dies . On the same soil the oak grows and thrives well . The " freestone " to which Ma White refers , is the white or grey , and may have a different effect on these trees . - W . J. The ulmus ...
... whole plant , which gradually decays and dies . On the same soil the oak grows and thrives well . The " freestone " to which Ma White refers , is the white or grey , and may have a different effect on these trees . - W . J. The ulmus ...
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... whole esteemed 97 tons . - EVELYN's Sylva , ii . 189 . Pitte's elm , in the Vale of Gloucester , was , in 1783 , about 80 feet high , and the smallest girth of the principal trunk was 16 feet.-W. J. Dr. Plot mentions an elm growing on ...
... whole esteemed 97 tons . - EVELYN's Sylva , ii . 189 . Pitte's elm , in the Vale of Gloucester , was , in 1783 , about 80 feet high , and the smallest girth of the principal trunk was 16 feet.-W. J. Dr. Plot mentions an elm growing on ...
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... whole , bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem . On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree . Many were the ...
... whole , bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem . On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree . Many were the ...
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... whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass , that it is well preserved from injuries of weather , and endures thirty or forty years . When chiselled smooth , it makes elegant fronts for houses , equal in colour and ...
... whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass , that it is well preserved from injuries of weather , and endures thirty or forty years . When chiselled smooth , it makes elegant fronts for houses , equal in colour and ...
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