The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... taken up with descriptions of the vestiges of ancient art and industry , while natural observations have been too much neglected . But we agree with Mr. White in his idea of parochial history , which , he thinks , ought to con- sist of ...
... taken up with descriptions of the vestiges of ancient art and industry , while natural observations have been too much neglected . But we agree with Mr. White in his idea of parochial history , which , he thinks , ought to con- sist of ...
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... taken down . A squirrel had built her drey on the top of one of them , and had just brought forth some young . The axe was applied to the roots of the tree ; the cord swayed it backwards and forwards ; and at last it fell ; and the ...
... taken down . A squirrel had built her drey on the top of one of them , and had just brought forth some young . The axe was applied to the roots of the tree ; the cord swayed it backwards and forwards ; and at last it fell ; and the ...
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... taken in 1635 ) , grandfather , father , and self , enjoyed the head keepership of Wolmer Forest in succession , for more than an hundred years . This person assures me , that his father has often told him that Queen Anne , as she was ...
... taken in 1635 ) , grandfather , father , and self , enjoyed the head keepership of Wolmer Forest in succession , for more than an hundred years . This person assures me , that his father has often told him that Queen Anne , as she was ...
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... taken from the Tower of London , of turning all live stock on the forest , at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis , " sheep excepted . " * The reason , I presume , why sheep are excluded is , because , being such close grazers , they ...
... taken from the Tower of London , of turning all live stock on the forest , at proper seasons , bidentibus exceptis , " sheep excepted . " * The reason , I presume , why sheep are excluded is , because , being such close grazers , they ...
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... taken it all away . One man , who keeps a team , has carried home for his share , forty stacks of wood . Forty - five of these people his lordship has served with actions . These trees , which were very sound , and in high perfection ...
... taken it all away . One man , who keeps a team , has carried home for his share , forty stacks of wood . Forty - five of these people his lordship has served with actions . These trees , which were very sound , and in high perfection ...
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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