The Natural History of SelborneArrowsmith, 1925 - 248 pages |
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Page 17
... 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 ...
Page 20
... 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 ...
Page 20
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 29
... vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions and in particular , in the dry summer of 1740 and 1741 , and some years after , they swarmed to such a degree , that parties of ...
... vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions and in particular , in the dry summer of 1740 and 1741 , and some years after , they swarmed to such a degree , that parties of ...
Page 31
... vast spring with all her feet close together , pitched upon the neck of the dog , and broke it short in two . Another temptation to idleness and sporting was a number of rabbits , which possessed all the hillocks and dry places : but ...
... vast spring with all her feet close together , pitched upon the neck of the dog , and broke it short in two . Another temptation to idleness and sporting was a number of rabbits , which possessed all the hillocks and dry places : but ...
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