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He records the circumstance of boys playing at taw on the Plestor ; and that he
had set Gunnery , one of his bantam hens , on nine of her own eggs . plains that
dogs come into his garden at night and eat his gooseberries , and gives a useful
...
He records the circumstance of boys playing at taw on the Plestor ; and that he
had set Gunnery , one of his bantam hens , on nine of her own eggs . plains that
dogs come into his garden at night and eat his gooseberries , and gives a useful
...
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As the blotted will is in the testator's own handwriting , I fear that circumstance will
go much against us . Our uncle , Francis White , of Baliol Coll . , left three
imperfect wills in his own handwriting , much interlined with a pencil , and in
strange ...
As the blotted will is in the testator's own handwriting , I fear that circumstance will
go much against us . Our uncle , Francis White , of Baliol Coll . , left three
imperfect wills in his own handwriting , much interlined with a pencil , and in
strange ...
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A circumstance respecting these ponds , though by no means peculiar to them , I
cannot pass over in silence : and that is , that instinct by which in summer all the
kine , whether oxen , cows , calves , or heifers , retire constantly to the water ...
A circumstance respecting these ponds , though by no means peculiar to them , I
cannot pass over in silence : and that is , that instinct by which in summer all the
kine , whether oxen , cows , calves , or heifers , retire constantly to the water ...
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... called , in your Zoology , the flycatcher . There is one circumstance
characteristic of this bird , which seems to have escaped observation ; and that is
, it takes its stand on the top of some stake , or post , from whence it springs forth
on its prey ...
... called , in your Zoology , the flycatcher . There is one circumstance
characteristic of this bird , which seems to have escaped observation ; and that is
, it takes its stand on the top of some stake , or post , from whence it springs forth
on its prey ...
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This has arisen from the circumstance of the common Norway rat having been
seen swimming to the aits on the river , and attacking and destroving the water -
rats .-- Ed . 66 As to the falco , which I mentioned in WATER RATS . 39.
This has arisen from the circumstance of the common Norway rat having been
seen swimming to the aits on the river , and attacking and destroving the water -
rats .-- Ed . 66 As to the falco , which I mentioned in WATER RATS . 39.
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne... |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | Henry G. Bohn, 1851 |
| Original von | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 18. Aug. 2011 |
| Länge | 40 Seiten |
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