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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Page xvii
... winter be filled with mud , to say nothing of the cart - ruts . I find amongst Mr. White's papers the following pleasing lines , addressed to one of his nieces , Mrs. J. White , by her father , and signed G. T. , and which will give ...
... winter be filled with mud , to say nothing of the cart - ruts . I find amongst Mr. White's papers the following pleasing lines , addressed to one of his nieces , Mrs. J. White , by her father , and signed G. T. , and which will give ...
Page xix
... winter . Descending into the single straggling street ' of which the village consists , my steps were instinctively directed towards the hanger , and I soon found myself climbing the winding path which was cut through the beech - wood ...
... winter . Descending into the single straggling street ' of which the village consists , my steps were instinctively directed towards the hanger , and I soon found myself climbing the winding path which was cut through the beech - wood ...
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... winter , harvest to seed time , " Heat shall to cold in regular array " Succeed . " - Heav'n taught , so sang the Hebrew bard§ A HARVEST SCENE . WAKED by the gentle gleamings of the morn , Soon clad , the reaper , provident of want ...
... winter , harvest to seed time , " Heat shall to cold in regular array " Succeed . " - Heav'n taught , so sang the Hebrew bard§ A HARVEST SCENE . WAKED by the gentle gleamings of the morn , Soon clad , the reaper , provident of want ...
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... WINTER MONTHS . TH ' imprison'd winds slumber within their caves , Fast bound : the fickle vane , emblem of change , Wavers no more , long settling to a point . All Nature nodding seems composed : thick steams , From land , from flood ...
... WINTER MONTHS . TH ' imprison'd winds slumber within their caves , Fast bound : the fickle vane , emblem of change , Wavers no more , long settling to a point . All Nature nodding seems composed : thick steams , From land , from flood ...
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... Winter smiles . For days , for weeks , prevails the placid calm . At length some drops prelude a change : the sun With ray refracted , bursts the parting gloom , When all the chequer'd sky is one bright glare . Mutters the wind at eve ...
... Winter smiles . For days , for weeks , prevails the placid calm . At length some drops prelude a change : the sun With ray refracted , bursts the parting gloom , When all the chequer'd sky is one bright glare . Mutters the wind at eve ...
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