The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... letters to Mr. Barring- ton the author tells us how these facts were collected : " If there is any merit in these sketches , " he says , " it must be in their exactness . For many months I carried a list in my pocket of the birds that ...
... letters to Mr. Barring- ton the author tells us how these facts were collected : " If there is any merit in these sketches , " he says , " it must be in their exactness . For many months I carried a list in my pocket of the birds that ...
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... letters , " is a very imperfect basis for Natural History . " Of the present edition of this interesting work the Editor has little to remark ; it has been printed from the last edition , published by ... LETTER I. MIE parish. vi PREFACE .
... letters , " is a very imperfect basis for Natural History . " Of the present edition of this interesting work the Editor has little to remark ; it has been printed from the last edition , published by ... LETTER I. MIE parish. vi PREFACE .
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Gilbert White. LETTER III . TO THOMAS PENNANT , ESQ . HE fossil - shells of this district , and sorts of stone , such as have fallen within my observation , must not be passed over in silence . And first I must mention ... LETTER III. ...
Gilbert White. LETTER III . TO THOMAS PENNANT , ESQ . HE fossil - shells of this district , and sorts of stone , such as have fallen within my observation , must not be passed over in silence . And first I must mention ... LETTER III. ...
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... or pectines , having both shells deeply striated , and ridged and furrowed alternately . They are highly impregnated with , if not wholly composed of the , stone of the quarry . : LETTER IV . S in a former letter the 12 NATURAL HISTORY.
... or pectines , having both shells deeply striated , and ridged and furrowed alternately . They are highly impregnated with , if not wholly composed of the , stone of the quarry . : LETTER IV . S in a former letter the 12 NATURAL HISTORY.
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Gilbert White. : LETTER IV . S in a former letter the freestone of this place has been only mentioned inciden- tally , I shall here become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth- stones , and the beds of ovens : and ...
Gilbert White. : LETTER IV . S in a former letter the freestone of this place has been only mentioned inciden- tally , I shall here become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth- stones , and the beds of ovens : and ...
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