The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... trees , whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its glossy foliage , or graceful pendu- lous boughs . The down , or sheep - walk , is a pleasing park - like spot , of about one mile by half that space , jutting out on the verge of ...
... trees , whether we consider its smooth rind or bark , its glossy foliage , or graceful pendu- lous boughs . The down , or sheep - walk , is a pleasing park - like spot , of about one mile by half that space , jutting out on the verge of ...
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... trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen call shakey , and so brittle as often to fall to pieces in sawing . Beyond the sandy loam the soil becomes a hungry lean sand , till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce ...
... trees on the freestone grow large , but are what workmen call shakey , and so brittle as often to fall to pieces in sawing . Beyond the sandy loam the soil becomes a hungry lean sand , till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce ...
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... tree , in the great storm in the year 1703 , yet , when felled , contained eight loads of timber ; and , being too ... trees are recorded greatly exceeding that described in size . One , at the end of Church Lane , Chelsea , felled in ...
... tree , in the great storm in the year 1703 , yet , when felled , contained eight loads of timber ; and , being too ... trees are recorded greatly exceeding that described in size . One , at the end of Church Lane , Chelsea , felled in ...
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... tree must certainly have been such from its situation . In the centre of the village , and near the church , is a square piece of ground surrounded by houses , and vulgarly called The Plestor . * In the midst of this spot stood , in old ...
... tree must certainly have been such from its situation . In the centre of the village , and near the church , is a square piece of ground surrounded by houses , and vulgarly called The Plestor . * In the midst of this spot stood , in old ...
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... trees were wanted for the repairs that were fifty feet long without bough , and would measure twelve inches diameter at the little end . Twenty such trees did a purveyor find in this little wood , with this advantage , that many of them ...
... trees were wanted for the repairs that were fifty feet long without bough , and would measure twelve inches diameter at the little end . Twenty such trees did a purveyor find in this little wood , with this advantage , that many of them ...
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