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It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and
six yoeman - prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag -
hounds ; ordering them to take every deer in this forest alive , and to convey them
...
It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and
six yoeman - prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag -
hounds ; ordering them to take every deer in this forest alive , and to convey them
...
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As to swallows ( Hirundines rustico ) being found in a torpid state during the
winter in the Isle of Wight or any part of this country , I never heard any such
account worth attending to . But a clergyman , of an inquisitive turn , assures me ,
that ...
As to swallows ( Hirundines rustico ) being found in a torpid state during the
winter in the Isle of Wight or any part of this country , I never heard any such
account worth attending to . But a clergyman , of an inquisitive turn , assures me ,
that ...
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But with regard to their migration , what difficulties attend that supposition ! that
such feeble bad fliers ( who the summer long never flit but from hedge to hedge )
should be able to traverse vast seas and continents in order to enjoy milder ...
But with regard to their migration , what difficulties attend that supposition ! that
such feeble bad fliers ( who the summer long never flit but from hedge to hedge )
should be able to traverse vast seas and continents in order to enjoy milder ...
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There is a degree of dubiousness and obscurity attending the propagation of this
class of animals , something analogous to that of the cryptogamia in the sexual
system of plants : and the case is the same with regard to some of the fishes ; as ...
There is a degree of dubiousness and obscurity attending the propagation of this
class of animals , something analogous to that of the cryptogamia in the sexual
system of plants : and the case is the same with regard to some of the fishes ; as ...
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... but , when I came to attend to his account , I though I discerned circumstances
which did not a little invalidate the woman ' s story of the manner in which she
came by her skill . She says of herself “ that , labouring under a virulent cancer ,
she ...
... but , when I came to attend to his account , I though I discerned circumstances
which did not a little invalidate the woman ' s story of the manner in which she
came by her skill . She says of herself “ that , labouring under a virulent cancer ,
she ...
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne: With A Naturalist's Calendar & Additional Observations Camelot series |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | Scott, 1887 |
| Original von | Princeton University |
| Digitalisiert | 1. Dez. 2008 |
| Länge | 366 Seiten |
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