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Gilbert White. A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE REY . GILBERT WHITE . It is
impossible for any one to read that charming book , “ The Natural History of
Selbourne , " or Selborne , as it is now generally spelt , without wishing to know
something ...
Gilbert White. A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE REY . GILBERT WHITE . It is
impossible for any one to read that charming book , “ The Natural History of
Selbourne , " or Selborne , as it is now generally spelt , without wishing to know
something ...
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father residing at Compton , in Surrey . Gilbert White's father was the grandson of
Sir Sampson White ( knighted by Charles the Second , on his coronation ) , to
whose memory a handsome monument is placed in St. Mary's Church , Oxford .
father residing at Compton , in Surrey . Gilbert White's father was the grandson of
Sir Sampson White ( knighted by Charles the Second , on his coronation ) , to
whose memory a handsome monument is placed in St. Mary's Church , Oxford .
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Gilbert White. Thomas undertaking to give a review of his work in the “
Gentleman's Magazine , ” in which periodical it appeared in the year 1789 . The
following extract from it may interest our readers :“ Contemplative persons see
with regret ...
Gilbert White. Thomas undertaking to give a review of his work in the “
Gentleman's Magazine , ” in which periodical it appeared in the year 1789 . The
following extract from it may interest our readers :“ Contemplative persons see
with regret ...
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Gilbert White. injurious , seeding , as would furnish an annual and ample supply
for the largest city . Though agriculture has of late been attended to , still he
would be one of the greatest benefactors to his countrymen in general , who
would ...
Gilbert White. injurious , seeding , as would furnish an annual and ample supply
for the largest city . Though agriculture has of late been attended to , still he
would be one of the greatest benefactors to his countrymen in general , who
would ...
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Gilbert White. preferment . There can be no doubt that the “ shades of old
Selborne , so lovely and sweet , ” were ... and here Mr. White passed his days
either in correspondence with , or in the society of , amiable friends , and closed
them in ...
Gilbert White. preferment . There can be no doubt that the “ shades of old
Selborne , so lovely and sweet , ” were ... and here Mr. White passed his days
either in correspondence with , or in the society of , amiable friends , and closed
them in ...
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