The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... becoming in turn fellow of his college and senior proctor of the university . Meanwhile he had been ordained , and he held , after his return to Selborne in 1755 , a curacy in the neighbouring parish of Faringdon until 1784 , when he ...
... becoming in turn fellow of his college and senior proctor of the university . Meanwhile he had been ordained , and he held , after his return to Selborne in 1755 , a curacy in the neighbouring parish of Faringdon until 1784 , when he ...
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... for drawing , cannot do better than fix himself in some pleasant spot , and work there in absolute quietness for as many days as possible . For it is in this quietness that the invisible becomes visible . The vacant X PREFACE .
... for drawing , cannot do better than fix himself in some pleasant spot , and work there in absolute quietness for as many days as possible . For it is in this quietness that the invisible becomes visible . The vacant X PREFACE .
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With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional Observations Gilbert White. this quietness that the invisible becomes visible . The vacant field gradually grows full of living things . In the hedges un- suspected birds come to the surface of ...
With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional Observations Gilbert White. this quietness that the invisible becomes visible . The vacant field gradually grows full of living things . In the hedges un- suspected birds come to the surface of ...
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... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so sailing into the British Channel : the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one branch of the Wey ; and , meeting the , Black- down stream at Hedleigh , and the Alton ...
... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so sailing into the British Channel : the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one branch of the Wey ; and , meeting the , Black- down stream at Hedleigh , and the Alton ...
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... becomes a wet , sandy loam , remarkable for timber , and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow ...
... becomes a wet , sandy loam , remarkable for timber , and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow ...
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