The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarBell & Daldy, 1872 - 416 Seiten |
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... feet . It remains to this . day ; the bricks having been double - burned especially for this purpose . He desired in his will that no monument should be erected to him , " not desiring to have his name recorded , save in the book of ...
... feet . It remains to this . day ; the bricks having been double - burned especially for this purpose . He desired in his will that no monument should be erected to him , " not desiring to have his name recorded , save in the book of ...
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... feet in girth " And here we may set this tasteful traveller right . Although no mention is made of this tree in the Natural History , it occurs in the fifth letter of the " Antiquities of Selborne , " where White says that in the ...
... feet in girth " And here we may set this tasteful traveller right . Although no mention is made of this tree in the Natural History , it occurs in the fifth letter of the " Antiquities of Selborne , " where White says that in the ...
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... feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep - down , the high wood , and a long hanging wood , called the Hanger . The covert of this emi- nence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees , whether we consider ...
... feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep - down , the high wood , and a long hanging wood , called the Hanger . The covert of this emi- nence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees , whether we consider ...
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... feet , and , when sunk to that depth , seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well with soap . To the north - west , north ...
... feet , and , when sunk to that depth , seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well with soap . To the north - west , north ...
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... feet above the butt , where it measured near eight feet in diameter . * This elm I mention , to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such , from its situation . In the centre of the village ...
... feet above the butt , where it measured near eight feet in diameter . * This elm I mention , to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such , from its situation . In the centre of the village ...
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Seite 134 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Seite 256 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Seite 221 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...
Seite 212 - ... anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus:* — Into the body of the tree, a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations, long since forgotten.
Seite 210 - ... his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond. Where metheglin was making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine. As he ran about he used to make a humming noise with his lips, resembling the buzzing of bees. This lad was lean and sallow, and of a cadaverous complexion ; and, except in his favourite pursuit, in which he was wonderfully...
Seite 106 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers; Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Seite 246 - They are the housewife's barometer, foretelling her when it will rain; and are prognostics sometimes, she thinks, of ill or good luck, of the death of a near relation or the approach of an absent lover. By being the constant companions of her solitary hours they naturally become the objects of her superstition.