The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 pages |
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... animals is a concern of much trouble and difficulty , and is not to be attained but by the active and inquisitive , " and we think that we may , without fear of being charged with undue egotism , lay claim to know- ing something of the ...
... animals is a concern of much trouble and difficulty , and is not to be attained but by the active and inquisitive , " and we think that we may , without fear of being charged with undue egotism , lay claim to know- ing something of the ...
Page 3
... animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the wood and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a ...
... animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the wood and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a ...
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... animal * Since the passage above was written , I am happy in being able to say that the spinning employment is a little revived , to the no small comfort of the industrious housewife . - G . W. LAPWING AND NEST . and vegetable ; and has ...
... animal * Since the passage above was written , I am happy in being able to say that the spinning employment is a little revived , to the no small comfort of the industrious housewife . - G . W. LAPWING AND NEST . and vegetable ; and has ...
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... animal to the support of another ! † Thomson , who was a nice observer of natural occurrences , did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him . He says , in his Summer , * As Bell points out , it is not a little remarkable that ...
... animal to the support of another ! † Thomson , who was a nice observer of natural occurrences , did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him . He says , in his Summer , * As Bell points out , it is not a little remarkable that ...
Page 42
... animal has a long slit beneath each eye , which can be opened and shut at pleasure . On holding an orange to one , the creature made as much use of those orifices as of his nostrils , applying them to the fruit , and seeming to smell it ...
... animal has a long slit beneath each eye , which can be opened and shut at pleasure . On holding an orange to one , the creature made as much use of those orifices as of his nostrils , applying them to the fruit , and seeming to smell it ...
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