The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... strange For law debates ? " Whether the poet alludes to any actual suit commenced in consequence of such an event , we are ignorant ; but this quotation reminds us of a real litigation in Syria , between the owner of a hill and the ...
... strange For law debates ? " Whether the poet alludes to any actual suit commenced in consequence of such an event , we are ignorant ; but this quotation reminds us of a real litigation in Syria , between the owner of a hill and the ...
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... strange confusion and obscurity ; but as the parties chiefly concerned were Alder- man White and our Grandfather of the Vicarage , they were so wise and moderate as to let law alone , and to settle matters by reference : so the lawyers ...
... strange confusion and obscurity ; but as the parties chiefly concerned were Alder- man White and our Grandfather of the Vicarage , they were so wise and moderate as to let law alone , and to settle matters by reference : so the lawyers ...
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... strange it is , that the swift , which seems to live exactly the same life with the swallow and house - martin , should leave us before the middle of August invariably ! while the latter stay often till the middle of October ; and once ...
... strange it is , that the swift , which seems to live exactly the same life with the swallow and house - martin , should leave us before the middle of August invariably ! while the latter stay often till the middle of October ; and once ...
Seite 38
... strange to me . Though mutilated , qualem dices ... antehac fuisse , tales cum sint reliquiæ ! " what would you say it was before , when such are the remains ? " 66 It haunted a marshy piece of ground in quest of wild ducks and snipes ...
... strange to me . Though mutilated , qualem dices ... antehac fuisse , tales cum sint reliquiæ ! " what would you say it was before , when such are the remains ? " 66 It haunted a marshy piece of ground in quest of wild ducks and snipes ...
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... ( strange as it is ) of their retiring under water . A Swedish naturalist is so much persuaded of that fact , that he talks , in his Calendar of Flora , as familiarly of the swallow's going under water in the beginning of September , as ...
... ( strange as it is ) of their retiring under water . A Swedish naturalist is so much persuaded of that fact , that he talks , in his Calendar of Flora , as familiarly of the swallow's going under water in the beginning of September , as ...
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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