The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... probably it was not then come to its growth . What a vast tall beast must a full grown stag be ! I have been told some arrive at ten feet and a half ! This poor creature had at first a female companion of the same species , which died ...
... probably it was not then come to its growth . What a vast tall beast must a full grown stag be ! I have been told some arrive at ten feet and a half ! This poor creature had at first a female companion of the same species , which died ...
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... probably Spain , because of the abundance of sheep - walks in that country ; for they spend their summers with us in such districts . This conjecture I hazard , as I have never met with any one that has seen them in England in the ...
... probably Spain , because of the abundance of sheep - walks in that country ; for they spend their summers with us in such districts . This conjecture I hazard , as I have never met with any one that has seen them in England in the ...
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... probably saw only the swallows of that country , which I know build within Governor O'Hara's hall against the roof . Had he known European swallows , would he not have mentioned the species ? The house - swallow washes by dropping into ...
... probably saw only the swallows of that country , which I know build within Governor O'Hara's hall against the roof . Had he known European swallows , would he not have mentioned the species ? The house - swallow washes by dropping into ...
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... probably it is that their maintenance arises from the aurelia of the Lepidoptera ordo , which furnish them with a plentiful table in the wilderness . LETTER XLII . SELBORNE , March 9th , 1775 . 102 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... probably it is that their maintenance arises from the aurelia of the Lepidoptera ordo , which furnish them with a plentiful table in the wilderness . LETTER XLII . SELBORNE , March 9th , 1775 . 102 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... probably looks out a nurse in some degree congenerous , with whom to intrust its young , " is perfectly new to me ; and struck me so forcibly , that I naturally fell into a train of thought that led me to consider whether the fact was ...
... probably looks out a nurse in some degree congenerous , with whom to intrust its young , " is perfectly new to me ; and struck me so forcibly , that I naturally fell into a train of thought that led me to consider whether the fact was ...
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