The Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1891 - 475 pages |
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Page iii
... perhaps , no two persons would entirely concur as to all the books to be included in such a list , I believe no one would deny that those suggested are not only good , but among the best . I am , however , ready , and indeed glad , to ...
... perhaps , no two persons would entirely concur as to all the books to be included in such a list , I believe no one would deny that those suggested are not only good , but among the best . I am , however , ready , and indeed glad , to ...
Page iv
... perhaps realize the difficulty of selection . An ordinary person turned into a library and sarcastically told to choose for himself , has to do so almost at haphazard . He may perhaps light upon a book with an attractive title , and ...
... perhaps realize the difficulty of selection . An ordinary person turned into a library and sarcastically told to choose for himself , has to do so almost at haphazard . He may perhaps light upon a book with an attractive title , and ...
Page x
... perhaps no work of the same class that has gone through more editions than White's " Selborne . " It originally appeared in 1789 , four years before the author's death , in the then fashionable quarto size ; an octavo edition in two ...
... perhaps no work of the same class that has gone through more editions than White's " Selborne . " It originally appeared in 1789 , four years before the author's death , in the then fashionable quarto size ; an octavo edition in two ...
Page xvii
... perhaps only entering upon the study of nature , and this it will be our object to do in any notes and commentary we may now add , and which can be done we think sufficiently for every purpose , even by one who has not seen the place or ...
... perhaps only entering upon the study of nature , and this it will be our object to do in any notes and commentary we may now add , and which can be done we think sufficiently for every purpose , even by one who has not seen the place or ...
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... perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hard- ened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away ...
... perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hard- ened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away ...
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