The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south- east to north - west , arises a small rivulet : that at the north ...
... perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south- east to north - west , arises a small rivulet : that at the north ...
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... perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away ...
... perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away ...
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... perhaps lie in this parish , my account of Selborne would be very imper- fect , as it is a district abounding with many curious productions , both animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much entertainment both as a sportsman ...
... perhaps lie in this parish , my account of Selborne would be very imper- fect , as it is a district abounding with many curious productions , both animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much entertainment both as a sportsman ...
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... perhaps the commonest species in the south of England . In a solitary wood , where it is not expected , the tremulous Hu - hoo er re hoo ! of this bird of night , for it is strictly nocturnal , is startling enough . Many observers agree ...
... perhaps the commonest species in the south of England . In a solitary wood , where it is not expected , the tremulous Hu - hoo er re hoo ! of this bird of night , for it is strictly nocturnal , is startling enough . Many observers agree ...
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... Perhaps she opens different places for that purpose , adjusting them The harvest Mouse ( Mus messorius , Shaw ) has been de- scribed in various parts of England and Scotland , as well as in Hampshire , where White first discovered it ...
... Perhaps she opens different places for that purpose , adjusting them The harvest Mouse ( Mus messorius , Shaw ) has been de- scribed in various parts of England and Scotland , as well as in Hampshire , where White first discovered it ...
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