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 168by Gilbert White - 1829 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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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...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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...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... | |
| 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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...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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...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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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