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" Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night and day in scooping the earth and forcing its great body Into the cavity; but, as the noons of that season proved unusually warm and sunny, it was continually interrupted, and called forth, by the... "
The Natural History of Selborne - Page 168
by Gilbert White - 1829 - 343 pages
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 5

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...clock. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature, night and day, in scoop, ing the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but as the...continually interrupted, and called forth by the heat in (he middle of the day, and though I continued there till the thirteenth of November, yet the work remained...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 5

Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 pages
...clock. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature, night and day, in scoop, ing the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but as the...of the day, and though I continued there till the thirteenth of November, yet the \voik remained unfinished. Harsher weather, and frosty mornings, would...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 pages
...called forth by the heat in the middle of the day, and though I continued there till the thirteenth of November, yet the work remained unfinished. Harsher weather, and frosty mornings, would have quickened its operations. No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 8

1823 - 858 pages
...copulation. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night aod day in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but, as the...of the day ; and though I continued there till the thirteenth of November, yet tbe work remained unfinished. Harsher wealiitr, and frosty mornings, would...
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The Class Reptilia

Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 782 pages
...clock. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature, night and day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but as the...the middle of the day, and though I continued there until the thirteenth of November, yet the work remained unfinished : harsher weather and frosty mornings...
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The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: The class ...

Georges baron Cuvier - 1831 - 722 pages
...clock. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature, night and day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but as the...the middle of the day, and though I continued there until the thirteenth of November, yet the work remained unfinished : harsher weather and frosty mornings...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...copulation. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night and day in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but, as the...unfinished. Harsher weather, and frosty mornings, would have quickened its operations. No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it...
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The natural history of Selborne, arranged for young persons [by G. Ellis].

Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...a clock. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night and day in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but, as the...sunny, it was continually interrupted, and called fortb, by the heat in the middle of the day; and though I continued there till the 13th of November,...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ...

Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 pages
...copulation. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night and day in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but, as the...of the day ; and, though I continued there till the 1 3th of November, yet the work remained unfinished. Harsher weather, and frosty mornings, would have...
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...copulation. Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night and day in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity; but, as the...unfinished. Harsher weather, and frosty mornings, would have quickened its operations. No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it...
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