The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 pages |
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... LATE REV . GILBERT WHITE , A.M. Fellow of Oriel College , Oxford . WITH ADDITIONS AND SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES BY SIR WILLIAM JARDINE , BART . F.R.S.E. , F.L.S. , M.W.S. EDITED , WITH FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS , A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE ...
... LATE REV . GILBERT WHITE , A.M. Fellow of Oriel College , Oxford . WITH ADDITIONS AND SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES BY SIR WILLIAM JARDINE , BART . F.R.S.E. , F.L.S. , M.W.S. EDITED , WITH FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS , A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE ...
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... late been attended to , still he would be one of the greatest bene- factors to his countrymen in general , who would convince . them that the richest mine of national wealth lies within six inches of the surface , and who would teach ...
... late been attended to , still he would be one of the greatest bene- factors to his countrymen in general , who would convince . them that the richest mine of national wealth lies within six inches of the surface , and who would teach ...
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... late in blithest strain Selbornian prospects , and the rural reign , Now suits his plaintive pipe to sadden'd tone , While the blank swains the changeful year bemoan . How fallen the glories of these fading scenes ! The dusky beech ...
... late in blithest strain Selbornian prospects , and the rural reign , Now suits his plaintive pipe to sadden'd tone , While the blank swains the changeful year bemoan . How fallen the glories of these fading scenes ! The dusky beech ...
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... late with rapture rang , Where Delphy danced , and gentle Anna sang ? With fairy step where Harriet tripp'd so late , And , on her stump reclined , the musing Kitty sate ? Return , dear nymphs ; prevent the purple spring , Ere the soft ...
... late with rapture rang , Where Delphy danced , and gentle Anna sang ? With fairy step where Harriet tripp'd so late , And , on her stump reclined , the musing Kitty sate ? Return , dear nymphs ; prevent the purple spring , Ere the soft ...
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... late . Besides the oak , I have also been shown pieces of fossil - wood , of a paler colour , and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir ; but , upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous ...
... late . Besides the oak , I have also been shown pieces of fossil - wood , of a paler colour , and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir ; but , upon a nice examination , and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous ...
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abound animal appear April April 14 April 22 autumn beech bees breed brood called chaffinches cold colour common cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR district dogs eggs feed feet female fieldfares fields flies flocks forest frequent garden Gilbert White grass ground hard frost haunt hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus LYON Biblioth male manner March March 26 MARKWICK migration mild naturalist nest never night observed Palais des Arts pheasant plants prey quadrupeds rain remarkable rooks says season seems SELBORNE Sept showers sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew summer suppose swallows swarm swifts THOMAS PENNANT titmouse torpid trees village warm weather WHITE wild wind wings winter woods wren young