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Gilbert White's amiable character :He lived in solitude — ' midst trees and flowers
, Life's sunshine mingling with its passing showers ; No storms to startle , and few
clouds to shade , The even path his christian virtues made . Yet not alone he ...
Gilbert White's amiable character :He lived in solitude — ' midst trees and flowers
, Life's sunshine mingling with its passing showers ; No storms to startle , and few
clouds to shade , The even path his christian virtues made . Yet not alone he ...
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At length some drops prelude a change : the sun With ray refracted , bursts the
parting gloom , When all the chequer'd sky is one bright glare . Mutters the wind
at eve ; th ' horizon round With angry aspect scowls : down rush the showers ,
float ...
At length some drops prelude a change : the sun With ray refracted , bursts the
parting gloom , When all the chequer'd sky is one bright glare . Mutters the wind
at eve ; th ' horizon round With angry aspect scowls : down rush the showers ,
float ...
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In this account he at once subverts that foolish opinion , of their dropping from the
clouds in rain ; * showing that it is from the grateful coolness and moisture of
those showers that they are tempted to set out on their travels , which they defer
till ...
In this account he at once subverts that foolish opinion , of their dropping from the
clouds in rain ; * showing that it is from the grateful coolness and moisture of
those showers that they are tempted to set out on their travels , which they defer
till ...
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... well preened to resist so much wet . Windy , and particularly windy weather
with heavy showers , they dislike , and on such days withdraw , and are scarcely
ever seen . There is a circumstance respecting the colour of swifts , SWIFTS . 193
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... well preened to resist so much wet . Windy , and particularly windy weather
with heavy showers , they dislike , and on such days withdraw , and are scarcely
ever seen . There is a circumstance respecting the colour of swifts , SWIFTS . 193
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To the end of September , warm weather , but in general cloudy , with showers .
October rainy . November frost , with intervals of fog and rain . December , in
general , bright , mild weather , with hoar frosts . 1772. To the end of the first week
in ...
To the end of September , warm weather , but in general cloudy , with showers .
October rainy . November frost , with intervals of fog and rain . December , in
general , bright , mild weather , with hoar frosts . 1772. To the end of the first week
in ...
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