The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 Seiten |
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... close by the ground , 26 yards . Its height is about 80 feet , and its principal limb extends 16 yards from the boll . The Greendale oak , at a foot from the ground , is in circumference 33 feet 10 inches . The Shire oak covers nearly ...
... close by the ground , 26 yards . Its height is about 80 feet , and its principal limb extends 16 yards from the boll . The Greendale oak , at a foot from the ground , is in circumference 33 feet 10 inches . The Shire oak covers nearly ...
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... no sulphur ; must be close grained , and have no interstices . Nothing supports fire like salts ; saltstone perishes exposed to wet and frost . " - Plot's Staff . p . 152 . scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is 22 SANDSTONE .
... no sulphur ; must be close grained , and have no interstices . Nothing supports fire like salts ; saltstone perishes exposed to wet and frost . " - Plot's Staff . p . 152 . scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is 22 SANDSTONE .
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... close together , pitched upon the neck of the dog , and broke it short in two . Another temptation to idleness and sporting , was a num- ber of rabbits , which possessed all the hillocks and dry places ; but these being inconvenient to ...
... close together , pitched upon the neck of the dog , and broke it short in two . Another temptation to idleness and sporting , was a num- ber of rabbits , which possessed all the hillocks and dry places ; but these being inconvenient to ...
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... close grazers , they would pick out all the finest grasses , and hinder the deer from thriving . Though ( by statute 4 and 5 William and Mary , c . 23 ) " to burn on any waste , between Candlemas and Midsummer , any grig , ling , heath ...
... close grazers , they would pick out all the finest grasses , and hinder the deer from thriving . Though ( by statute 4 and 5 William and Mary , c . 23 ) " to burn on any waste , between Candlemas and Midsummer , any grig , ling , heath ...
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... close to the iron- stay of a water - spout , running in the direction from my bed - room window . I could observe their proceedings as I lay in bed , and also from various parts of my room After the first hatch had taken flight , the ...
... close to the iron- stay of a water - spout , running in the direction from my bed - room window . I could observe their proceedings as I lay in bed , and also from various parts of my room After the first hatch had taken flight , the ...
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