The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 pages |
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... common - room after dinner . This liberty they seldom availed themselves of , except on the occasion of Mr. White's visits ; for such was his happy , and , indeed , inimitable manner of relating an anecdote and telling a story , that ...
... common - room after dinner . This liberty they seldom availed themselves of , except on the occasion of Mr. White's visits ; for such was his happy , and , indeed , inimitable manner of relating an anecdote and telling a story , that ...
Page xix
... common ground , were turned in to graze . The charm of the scene was much increased by this rural music , borne through the glades in the hanger . “ Mr. White's own house , the successive abode of several generations of his family , is ...
... common ground , were turned in to graze . The charm of the scene was much increased by this rural music , borne through the glades in the hanger . “ Mr. White's own house , the successive abode of several generations of his family , is ...
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... common larch is very soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel ...
... common larch is very soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel ...
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... common about this village . As we were cutting an inclining path up the Hanger , the labourers found them frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Wellhead , in the ...
... common about this village . As we were cutting an inclining path up the Hanger , the labourers found them frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Wellhead , in the ...
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... common , and that was the heath - cock , or black game . When I was a little boy , I recollect one coming now and then to my father's table . The last pack remembered was killed about thirty- five years ago ; and within these ten years ...
... common , and that was the heath - cock , or black game . When I was a little boy , I recollect one coming now and then to my father's table . The last pack remembered was killed about thirty- five years ago ; and within these ten years ...
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