The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and the Naturalist's CalendarGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 416 pages |
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... kind . This reflection is always uppermost in my mind , but comes upon me with irresistible force every spring . It was in the month of May last that I resolved to elope from my place of confinement ; for my fancy had repre- sented to ...
... kind . This reflection is always uppermost in my mind , but comes upon me with irresistible force every spring . It was in the month of May last that I resolved to elope from my place of confinement ; for my fancy had repre- sented to ...
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... kind chemist ! I feel , can convert To the sweetest of sweets what I thought to be dirt . Be then welcome , dear Selborne , as welcome can be , As the primrose of May , or the hawthorn to me ; For ' tis there ( may they ever be blest ...
... kind chemist ! I feel , can convert To the sweetest of sweets what I thought to be dirt . Be then welcome , dear Selborne , as welcome can be , As the primrose of May , or the hawthorn to me ; For ' tis there ( may they ever be blest ...
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... KIND AND BENEFICENT TO HIS RELATIONS , BENEVOLENT TO THE POOR , AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED BY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS . HE WAS BORN JULY 18TH , 1720 , o . s . , AND DIED JUNE 26TH , 1793 . NEC BONO QUICQUAM MALI EVENIRE POTEST ...
... KIND AND BENEFICENT TO HIS RELATIONS , BENEVOLENT TO THE POOR , AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED BY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS . HE WAS BORN JULY 18TH , 1720 , o . s . , AND DIED JUNE 26TH , 1793 . NEC BONO QUICQUAM MALI EVENIRE POTEST ...
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... kind and ami- 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 ...
... kind and ami- 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 ...
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... leafy dell , * A kind of arbour on the side of a hill . + A grotesque building , contrived by a young gentleman , who used on occasion to appear in the character of a hermit . By fancy plann'd ; as once th ' inventive maid R 2.
... leafy dell , * A kind of arbour on the side of a hill . + A grotesque building , contrived by a young gentleman , who used on occasion to appear in the character of a hermit . By fancy plann'd ; as once th ' inventive maid R 2.
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