The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 pages |
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... manner , two very incongruous soils . To the south - west is a rank clay , that requires the labour of years to render it mellow ; while the gardens to the north - east , and small enclosures behind , consist of a warm , forward ...
... manner , two very incongruous soils . To the south - west is a rank clay , that requires the labour of years to render it mellow ; while the gardens to the north - east , and small enclosures behind , consist of a warm , forward ...
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... manner : - Some fellows , suspecting that a calf new - fallen was deposited in a certain spot of thick fern , went with a lurcher to surprise it ; when the parent hind rushed out of the brake , and , taking a vast spring with all her ...
... manner : - Some fellows , suspecting that a calf new - fallen was deposited in a certain spot of thick fern , went with a lurcher to surprise it ; when the parent hind rushed out of the brake , and , taking a vast spring with all her ...
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... manner , have actually taken it all away . One man , who keeps a team , has carried home , for his share , forty stacks of wood . Forty - five of these people his lordship has served with actions . These trees , which were very sound ...
... manner , have actually taken it all away . One man , who keeps a team , has carried home , for his share , forty stacks of wood . Forty - five of these people his lordship has served with actions . These trees , which were very sound ...
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... manner , feeding in the walks , many times in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and persecuted by idle boys , who never let them be at rest . * * Specimens have been killed at different times in ...
... manner , feeding in the walks , many times in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and persecuted by idle boys , who never let them be at rest . * * Specimens have been killed at different times in ...
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... manner of hawks : when full , like a dog , it hides what it cannot eat . ; The young of the barn - owl are not easily raised , as they want a constant supply of fresh mice whereas the young of the brown owl will eat indiscriminately all ...
... manner of hawks : when full , like a dog , it hides what it cannot eat . ; The young of the barn - owl are not easily raised , as they want a constant supply of fresh mice whereas the young of the brown owl will eat indiscriminately all ...
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