The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1898 - 416 sider |
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Side viii
... England of the same genus , remains here free from the ravages of insects , except in this instance ; though our other kinds of wall - fruit , which have been introduced from warmer climates are annoyed with the insects of the ...
... England of the same genus , remains here free from the ravages of insects , except in this instance ; though our other kinds of wall - fruit , which have been introduced from warmer climates are annoyed with the insects of the ...
Side xiii
... England , in the harbour of Chichester . In that city my kidnapper sold me for half - a - crown to a country gentleman , who came up to attend an election . I was immediately packed in a basket , and carried , slung by the servant's ...
... England , in the harbour of Chichester . In that city my kidnapper sold me for half - a - crown to a country gentleman , who came up to attend an election . I was immediately packed in a basket , and carried , slung by the servant's ...
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... England is now growing and flourishing in the grounds of Mr. and Lady Charlotte Penrhyn , at Sheen , Surrey . Two hundred persons lately sat down to a déjeûner under the shade of its spreading branches . - ED . Our largest trees are ...
... England is now growing and flourishing in the grounds of Mr. and Lady Charlotte Penrhyn , at Sheen , Surrey . Two hundred persons lately sat down to a déjeûner under the shade of its spreading branches . - ED . Our largest trees are ...
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... England on record . It grew in the county of Monmouth . Five men were each twenty days in stripping and cutting it down ; and a pair of sawyers were constantly employed 138 days in its conversion . The expense alone of doing this was 82 ...
... England on record . It grew in the county of Monmouth . Five men were each twenty days in stripping and cutting it down ; and a pair of sawyers were constantly employed 138 days in its conversion . The expense alone of doing this was 82 ...
Side 20
... England , remarkable for the quantity it possesses of the " Cornu ammonis . " The name of it is Keynsham , between Bath and Bristol . This has given rise to a fabulous legend , which says that St. Keyna , from whom the place takes its ...
... England , remarkable for the quantity it possesses of the " Cornu ammonis . " The name of it is Keynsham , between Bath and Bristol . This has given rise to a fabulous legend , which says that St. Keyna , from whom the place takes its ...
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Side 134 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Side 17 - II.— History of the Revolt in the Netherlands, the Trials of Counts Egmont and Horn, the Siege of Antwerp, and the Disturbance of France preceding the Reign of Henry IV.
Side 5 - FLORENCE OF WORCESTER'S Chronicle, with the Two Continuations : comprising Annals of English History from the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I.
Side 14 - PICKERING'S History of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution. With AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN by Dr. Hall. With a Map of the World and 12 coloured Plates. 5*. PINDAR. Translated
Side 19 - STRABO'S Geography. Translated by W. Falconer, MA, and HC Hamilton. 3 vols. 5*. each. STRICKLAND'S (Agnes) Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. Revised Edition. With 6 Portraits. 6 vols. 5*. each. Life of Mary Queen of Scots. 2 vols. 5.?.
Side 17 - Robbers ( with Schiller's original Preface), Fiesco, Love and Intrigue, Demetrius, Ghost Seer, Sport of Divinity. The Dramas in this volume are translated into Prose.
Side 6 - GIBBON'S Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete and Unabridged, with Variorum Notes. Edited by an English Churchman. With 2 Maps and Portrait.
Side 298 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Side 16 - A Polyglot of Foreign. Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish. With English Translations & a General Index by HG Bohn. 5*.
Side 4 - DICTIONARY of Latin and Greek Quotations ; including Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Law Terms and Phrases. With all the Quantities marked, and English Translations. With Index Verborum (622 pages).