The Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1891 - 475 pages |
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Gilbert White William Jardine. 9 THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE WITH OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF NATURE AND THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR BY THE LATE REV . GILBERT WHITE , A.M. EDITED , WITH NOTES , BY SIR WILLIAM ...
Gilbert White William Jardine. 9 THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE WITH OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF NATURE AND THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR BY THE LATE REV . GILBERT WHITE , A.M. EDITED , WITH NOTES , BY SIR WILLIAM ...
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... National Illustrated Libary , to give my assistance to their present edition of the " Natural History of Selborne , " I have felt that there was a danger of making repetitions , and a difficulty of adding much that was new to a work ...
... National Illustrated Libary , to give my assistance to their present edition of the " Natural History of Selborne , " I have felt that there was a danger of making repetitions , and a difficulty of adding much that was new to a work ...
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... natural history of that pro- montory - a " Fauna Calpensis , " as he termed it . It must have been , in fact , written ; for in Letter LIII . to Mr. Barrington , Mr. White writes , " I shall now transcribe a passage from a ' Natural History ...
... natural history of that pro- montory - a " Fauna Calpensis , " as he termed it . It must have been , in fact , written ; for in Letter LIII . to Mr. Barrington , Mr. White writes , " I shall now transcribe a passage from a ' Natural History ...
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... natural history , and for ten years contributed articles to the " Gentleman's Magazine , " under the signature of T. H. W. A third , Benjamin White , was a publisher , and his name stands on the title - page of the first edition of ...
... natural history , and for ten years contributed articles to the " Gentleman's Magazine , " under the signature of T. H. W. A third , Benjamin White , was a publisher , and his name stands on the title - page of the first edition of ...
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... natural history , and particularly of British Zoology , he is eminently qualified to illustrate the writings and verify the observations , while his residence upon that spot , now his home , gives him opportunities possessed by no other ...
... natural history , and particularly of British Zoology , he is eminently qualified to illustrate the writings and verify the observations , while his residence upon that spot , now his home , gives him opportunities possessed by no other ...
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