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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... able to walk into his field in the early morning without wetting his feet . It remains to this day ; the bricks having been double - burned especially for this purpose . He desired in his will that no monument should be erected to him ...
... able to walk into his field in the early morning without wetting his feet . It remains to this day ; the bricks having been double - burned especially for this purpose . He desired in his will that no monument should be erected to him ...
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... able disposition , and in viewing his benevolent and christian character , that we cannot but turn to the perusal of his charming work with increased pleasure and delight when the writer of it is more clearly placed before us . The ...
... able disposition , and in viewing his benevolent and christian character , that we cannot but turn to the perusal of his charming work with increased pleasure and delight when the writer of it is more clearly placed before us . The ...
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... able , early in October , to leave the nest for the spout or the roof of the house . They took a short flight across the court , but were too weak to depart when the rest of these birds are supposed to quit our Island . Having taken ...
... able , early in October , to leave the nest for the spout or the roof of the house . They took a short flight across the court , but were too weak to depart when the rest of these birds are supposed to quit our Island . Having taken ...
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... able to bring forward one decided fact to prove their favourite idea.—ED. * This may be accounted for by the swifts having only one brood and when they can fly , both old and young migrate . The purpose for which they came to this ...
... able to bring forward one decided fact to prove their favourite idea.—ED. * This may be accounted for by the swifts having only one brood and when they can fly , both old and young migrate . The purpose for which they came to this ...
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... able to shift for themselves . About ten years ago , I used to spend some weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton Court . In the autumn I could not help being much amused with ...
... able to shift for themselves . About ten years ago , I used to spend some weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton Court . In the autumn I could not help being much amused with ...
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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).