The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of SouthamptonMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1905 - 476 pages |
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... vast hill of chalk , rising three hundred feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep down , the high wood , and a long hanging wood called The Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all ...
... vast hill of chalk , rising three hundred feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep down , the high wood , and a long hanging wood called The Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all ...
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... vast range of mountains called The Sussex Downs , by Guild - down near Guildford , and by the Downs round Dorking , and Ryegate in Surrey , to the north - east , which altogether , with the country beyond Alton and Farnham , form a ...
... vast range of mountains called The Sussex Downs , by Guild - down near Guildford , and by the Downs round Dorking , and Ryegate in Surrey , to the north - east , which altogether , with the country beyond Alton and Farnham , form a ...
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... vast oak , with a short squat body , and huge horizontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area . This venerable tree , surrounded with stone steps , and seats above them , was the delight of old and young , and a place of ...
... vast oak , with a short squat body , and huge horizontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area . This venerable tree , surrounded with stone steps , and seats above them , was the delight of old and young , and a place of ...
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... 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 rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish , masons chip this stone ...
... 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 rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish , masons chip this stone ...
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... vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and indentings , does not comprise less than thirty miles . The village stands in a ...
... vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and indentings , does not comprise less than thirty miles . The village stands in a ...
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abound Andalusia appear April autumn BARRINGTON DEAR SIR Berne birds bishop bishop of Winchester breed called canons cetero chaffinches chapter-house church convent curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR DAINES BARRINGTON Selborne district domino ecclesie eciam eggs ejusdem election ESQUIRE ESQUIRE DEAR SIR feet female fieldfares firmiter injungendo mandamus forest frequent garden ground Gurdon hard frost haunt hirundines hirundo HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON house-martins hujusmodi inches insects July June Knights Templars late le ham LETTER male mandamus manner migration mild nest never Newton Valence night observed parish perhaps predicti preter priorem Priory Priory of Selborne quadrupeds quatinus quod rain remarkable remiges ring-dove season seems seen Selborne Seleburne showers sings singulis snow species spring stone curlew summer suppose swallow swifts THOMAS PENNANT titmouse trees vast vero vestri village Vobis vulg weather Winchester wings winter Wolmer woods young