The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... become popular ; since whatever adds to the number of rural amusements , and consequently counteracts the allurements of the metropolis , is , on this consideration , of national importance . " Most of the local histories which have ...
... become popular ; since whatever adds to the number of rural amusements , and consequently counteracts the allurements of the metropolis , is , on this consideration , of national importance . " Most of the local histories which have ...
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... becoming themselves electrical , they repelled both the air and one another , and consequently ascended into the higher regions of the atmosphere . " If this be always the case , what becomes of our supposition , which is , that by ...
... becoming themselves electrical , they repelled both the air and one another , and consequently ascended into the higher regions of the atmosphere . " If this be always the case , what becomes of our supposition , which is , that by ...
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... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so falling into the British Channel ; the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one branch of the Wey ; and , meeting the Blackdown stream at Hedleigh , and the Alton and ...
... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so falling into the British Channel ; the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one branch of the Wey ; and , meeting the Blackdown stream at Hedleigh , and the Alton and ...
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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 esti- mation 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 esti- mation of purveyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone grow ...
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... become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth - stones , and the beds of ovens .; and in lining of lime - kilns it turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes ...
... become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth - stones , and the beds of ovens .; and in lining of lime - kilns it turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes ...
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abound animal appear April April 14 April 22 autumn beech bees breed brood called chaffinches cold colour common cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR district dogs eggs feed feet female fieldfares fields flies flocks forest frequent garden Gilbert White grass ground hard frost haunt hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus LYON Biblioth male manner March March 26 MARKWICK migration mild naturalist nest never night observed Palais des Arts pheasant plants prey quadrupeds rain remarkable rooks says season seems SELBORNE Sept showers sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew summer suppose swallows swarm swifts THOMAS PENNANT titmouse torpid trees village warm weather WHITE wild wind wings winter woods wren young