The Natural History of Selbornee-artnow, 2020 M12 18 - 355 pages This book is a compilation of the author's letters to other naturalists – Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. Some of the letters were never posted, and were written for the book. White's Natural History was at once well received by contemporary critics and the public, and continued to be admired by a diverse range of nineteenth and twentieth century literary figures. His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecology and in particular to phenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision of pre-industrial England. |
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... district are almost as various and diversified as the views and aspects. The high part of the south-west consists of a vast hill of chalk, rising three hundred feet above the village, and is divided into a sheep-down, the high wood and ...
... district are almost as various and diversified as the views and aspects. The high part of the south-west consists of a vast hill of chalk, rising three hundred feet above the village, and is divided into a sheep-down, the high wood and ...
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... it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest, and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. Table of Contents The fossil-shells of this district,
... it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest, and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. Table of Contents The fossil-shells of this district,
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Gilbert White. LETTER. III. Table of Contents The fossil-shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen within my observation, must not be passed over in silence. And first I must mention, as a great curiosity, a ...
Gilbert White. LETTER. III. Table of Contents The fossil-shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen within my observation, must not be passed over in silence. And first I must mention, as a great curiosity, a ...
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... district. Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business, and are of opinion that the outline, in all its curves and indentings, does not comprise less than thirty miles. The village stands in a sheltered ...
... district. Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business, and are of opinion that the outline, in all its curves and indentings, does not comprise less than thirty miles. The village stands in a sheltered ...
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... district. As my experience of measuring the water is but of short date, I am not qualified to give the mean quantity. I only know that Inch. Hund. 28 37! From May 1, 1779, to the end of the year, there fell Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 1, 1781 ...
... district. As my experience of measuring the water is but of short date, I am not qualified to give the mean quantity. I only know that Inch. Hund. 28 37! From May 1, 1779, to the end of the year, there fell Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 1, 1781 ...
Contents
LETTER XXIII | |
LETTER XXIV | |
TO THOMAS PENNANT ESQUIRE | |
LETTER XXV | |
LETTER XXVI | |
LETTER XXVII | |
Table of Contents | |
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