The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... say , that we are disappointed in not finding a particular account of the tillage of the district where Selborne is situate . A person with this writer's patient observation would have made many remarks highly valuable . Men of ...
... say , that we are disappointed in not finding a particular account of the tillage of the district where Selborne is situate . A person with this writer's patient observation would have made many remarks highly valuable . Men of ...
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... says that rooks and crows destroy an immense number of chaffers , and that were it not for these birds the chaffers would destroy everything . In addition to his remarks on Natural History , Mr. White recorded in his diaries the visits ...
... says that rooks and crows destroy an immense number of chaffers , and that were it not for these birds the chaffers would destroy everything . In addition to his remarks on Natural History , Mr. White recorded in his diaries the visits ...
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... says that in the churchyard of the village is a yew - tree whose aspect bespeaks it to be of a great age . It seems to have seen several centuries , and is probably coeval with the church , and therefore may be deemed an antiquity . The ...
... says that in the churchyard of the village is a yew - tree whose aspect bespeaks it to be of a great age . It seems to have seen several centuries , and is probably coeval with the church , and therefore may be deemed an antiquity . The ...
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... says : - " As Sir Adam began to advance in years , he found his mind influenced by the prevailing opinion of the reasonableness and efficacy of prayers for the dead ; and , therefore , in conjunc- tion with his wife Constantia , in the ...
... says : - " As Sir Adam began to advance in years , he found his mind influenced by the prevailing opinion of the reasonableness and efficacy of prayers for the dead ; and , therefore , in conjunc- tion with his wife Constantia , in the ...
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... says that St. Keyna , from whom the place takes its name , resided here in a solitary wood , full of venemous serpents , and her prayers converted them into stones , which still retain their shape . - See Espriella's Letters from ...
... says that St. Keyna , from whom the place takes its name , resided here in a solitary wood , full of venemous serpents , and her prayers converted them into stones , which still retain their shape . - See Espriella's Letters from ...
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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