The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... advances , assemble on some tree in the sunshine , and join all in a gentle sort of chirp- ing , as if they were about to break up their winter quarters and betake themselves to their proper summer homes . It is well known , at least ...
... advances , assemble on some tree in the sunshine , and join all in a gentle sort of chirp- ing , as if they were about to break up their winter quarters and betake themselves to their proper summer homes . It is well known , at least ...
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... αιγας κατα τα ωτα . ” " Alcmeon does not advance what is true , when he avers that goats breathe through their ears . " - History of Animals . Book I. , chap . xi . LETTER XV . SELBORNE , March 30th , 1768 . NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... αιγας κατα τα ωτα . ” " Alcmeon does not advance what is true , when he avers that goats breathe through their ears . " - History of Animals . Book I. , chap . xi . LETTER XV . SELBORNE , March 30th , 1768 . NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it abounds in Germany and Switzerland . It is to be remembered that the Salamandra aquatica of Ray ( the water - newt or eft ) will frequently bite at the angler's bait , and is ...
... advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it abounds in Germany and Switzerland . It is to be remembered that the Salamandra aquatica of Ray ( the water - newt or eft ) will frequently bite at the angler's bait , and is ...
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... advance this extraordinary provision of nature as a new instance of the wisdom of God in the creation . As yet I have not quite done with my history of the oedicnemus , or stone - curlew ; for I shall 56 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... advance this extraordinary provision of nature as a new instance of the wisdom of God in the creation . As yet I have not quite done with my history of the oedicnemus , or stone - curlew ; for I shall 56 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
Seite 58
... advance what they will on such subjects , yet there is such a propensity in mankind towards deceiving and being deceived , that one cannot safely relate anything from common report , especially in print , without expressing some degree ...
... advance what they will on such subjects , yet there is such a propensity in mankind towards deceiving and being deceived , that one cannot safely relate anything from common report , especially in print , without expressing some degree ...
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