The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 23
... rook came and split the clod open with his bill , and pushed the pieces first one side and then the other , and the coin went one way , but I did not see ; I must ask a humble - bee , or a mouse , or a mole , or some one who knows more ...
... rook came and split the clod open with his bill , and pushed the pieces first one side and then the other , and the coin went one way , but I did not see ; I must ask a humble - bee , or a mouse , or a mole , or some one who knows more ...
Page 38
... rooks built , under whose nests there were vast unpalatable mushrooms - the true mushrooms with salmon gills grew nearer the warren ; the slope towards the nut- tree hedge and spring . Several climates in one field : the wintry ridge ...
... rooks built , under whose nests there were vast unpalatable mushrooms - the true mushrooms with salmon gills grew nearer the warren ; the slope towards the nut- tree hedge and spring . Several climates in one field : the wintry ridge ...
Page 84
... rooks also came for the crumbs placed out . I sometimes see a sparrow chasing a rook , as if angry , and trying to drive it away over the roofs where I live . The thief does not retaliate , but , like a thief , flees from the scene of ...
... rooks also came for the crumbs placed out . I sometimes see a sparrow chasing a rook , as if angry , and trying to drive it away over the roofs where I live . The thief does not retaliate , but , like a thief , flees from the scene of ...
Page 100
... rooks and wood - pigeons and doves had gone to the corn , the blackbird to the stream , the finch to the hedgerow , the bees to the heath on the hills , the humble- bees to the clover in the plain . Butterflies rose from the flowers by ...
... rooks and wood - pigeons and doves had gone to the corn , the blackbird to the stream , the finch to the hedgerow , the bees to the heath on the hills , the humble- bees to the clover in the plain . Butterflies rose from the flowers by ...
Page 113
... rooks in the trees or fields by the river with small - bore rifles - a most dangerous thing to do . The result is that the osier - beds on the eyots and by the backwaters - the copses of the river — are almost devoid of life . A few ...
... rooks in the trees or fields by the river with small - bore rifles - a most dangerous thing to do . The result is that the osier - beds on the eyots and by the backwaters - the copses of the river — are almost devoid of life . A few ...
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