The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... months of my abstinence , and how much I gain by feeding during the summer . Upon these occasions , I am placed on my back in the scale , where I sprawl about , to the great diversion of the " " shopkeeper's children . These matters ...
... months of my abstinence , and how much I gain by feeding during the summer . Upon these occasions , I am placed on my back in the scale , where I sprawl about , to the great diversion of the " " shopkeeper's children . These matters ...
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... month of May last that I resolved to elope from my place of confinement ; for my fancy had repre- sented to me that probably many agreeable tortoises , of both sexes , might inhabit the heights of Baker's Hill , or the exten- sive ...
... month of May last that I resolved to elope from my place of confinement ; for my fancy had repre- sented to me that probably many agreeable tortoises , of both sexes , might inhabit the heights of Baker's Hill , or the exten- sive ...
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... Monthly Magazine , on the village of Selborne , written by one who appears to have visited it out of pure love for the memory of Mr. White , and from the pleasure he had derived from his writings . " The traveller who would view fair ...
... Monthly Magazine , on the village of Selborne , written by one who appears to have visited it out of pure love for the memory of Mr. White , and from the pleasure he had derived from his writings . " The traveller who would view fair ...
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... MONTHS . TH ' imprison'd winds slumber within their caves , Fast bound : the fickle vane , emblem of change , Wavers no more , long settling to a point . All Nature nodding seems composed : thick steams , From land , from flood up ...
... MONTHS . TH ' imprison'd winds slumber within their caves , Fast bound : the fickle vane , emblem of change , Wavers no more , long settling to a point . All Nature nodding seems composed : thick steams , From land , from flood up ...
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... month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle , or mallet , the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the ...
... month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle , or mallet , the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the ...
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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