The Natural History of SelbourneJohn Lane, 1900 - 528 pages |
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Page xxxii
... vast superstructures of Cuvier , Owen , and later of Darwin , were at last to be raised . But most of them are • now , as individuals , forgotten , because they did not personally commit their work to print and paper , save in the ...
... vast superstructures of Cuvier , Owen , and later of Darwin , were at last to be raised . But most of them are • now , as individuals , forgotten , because they did not personally commit their work to print and paper , save in the ...
Page xxxix
... vast mass of well- instructed citizens , who can judge of all subjects alike in their proper place , and can assign to each its due relative importance . I know few things more instructive in this way than to turn from the " Natural ...
... vast mass of well- instructed citizens , who can judge of all subjects alike in their proper place , and can assign to each its due relative importance . I know few things more instructive in this way than to turn from the " Natural ...
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... vast hill of chalk , rising three hundred feet above the village , and is divided into a sheep - down , the high wood and a long hanging wood , called the Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all ...
... vast hill of chalk , rising three hundred feet above the village , and is divided into a sheep - down , the high wood and a long hanging wood , called the Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all ...
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... vast oak , with a short squat body , and huge horizontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area . This venerable tree , surrounded with stone steps , and seats above them , was the delight of old and young , and a place of ...
... vast oak , with a short squat body , and huge horizontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area . This venerable tree , surrounded with stone steps , and seats above them , was the delight of old and young , and a place of ...
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... vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow and the stratum thin . This stone is imperishable . From a notion of rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish , masons chip this stone into ...
... vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow and the stratum thin . This stone is imperishable . From a notion of rendering their work the more elegant , and giving it a finish , masons chip this stone into ...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... Gilbert White No preview available - 2017 |
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