The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... ground , surrounded by houses , and vulgarly called the Plestor . In the midst of this spot stood , in olden times ... grounds of Mr. and Lady Charlotte Penrhyn , at Sheen , Surrey . Two hundred persons lately sat down to a déjeuner ...
... ground , surrounded by houses , and vulgarly called the Plestor . In the midst of this spot stood , in olden times ... grounds of Mr. and Lady Charlotte Penrhyn , at Sheen , Surrey . Two hundred persons lately sat down to a déjeuner ...
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... ground , is 36 feet in circumference . Damory's oak , in Dorsetshire , at the ground , was in circumference 68 feet , and , when decaying , became hollow , forming a cavity capable of containing 20 men . An oak , felled at Withy Park ...
... ground , is 36 feet in circumference . Damory's oak , in Dorsetshire , at the ground , was in circumference 68 feet , and , when decaying , became hollow , forming a cavity capable of containing 20 men . An oak , felled at Withy Park ...
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... ground . † * The greater part of these trees still support the bridge . — ED . A similar instance of parental affection occurred , a few years ago , in Richmond Park . Some tall spindly trees had to be taken down . A squirrel had built ...
... ground . † * The greater part of these trees still support the bridge . — ED . A similar instance of parental affection occurred , a few years ago , in Richmond Park . Some tall spindly trees had to be taken down . A squirrel had built ...
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... ground abroad this fire - stone will not succeed for pavements , because , probably , some degree of saltness prevailing within it , the rain tears the slabs to pieces . Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar , yet both ...
... ground abroad this fire - stone will not succeed for pavements , because , probably , some degree of saltness prevailing within it , the rain tears the slabs to pieces . Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar , yet both ...
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Gilbert White. scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's Down , a vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow , and the stratum thin . This stone is imperishable . From a notion of ...
Gilbert White. scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's Down , a vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow , and the stratum thin . This stone is imperishable . From a notion of ...
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abound animal appear April April 14 April 22 autumn beech bees breed brood called chaffinches cold colour common cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR district dogs eggs feed feet female fieldfares fields flies flocks forest frequent garden Gilbert White grass ground hard frost haunt hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus LYON Biblioth male manner March March 26 MARKWICK migration mild naturalist nest never night observed Palais des Arts pheasant plants prey quadrupeds rain remarkable rooks says season seems SELBORNE Sept showers sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew summer suppose swallows swarm swifts THOMAS PENNANT titmouse torpid trees village warm weather WHITE wild wind wings winter woods wren young