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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... pair , in love and labour join'd ! All day they ply their task ; with mutual chat , Beguiling each the sultry , tedious hours . Around them falls in rows the sever'd corn , Or the shocks rise in regular array . But when high noon ...
... pair , in love and labour join'd ! All day they ply their task ; with mutual chat , Beguiling each the sultry , tedious hours . Around them falls in rows the sever'd corn , Or the shocks rise in regular array . But when high noon ...
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... pair of naves , 8660 feet of boards and planks ; it cost 10 % . 178. the sawing . The whole esteemed 97 tons . - EVELYN's Sylva , ii . 189 . Pitte's elm , in the Vale of Gloucester , was , in 1783 , about 80 feet high , and the smallest ...
... pair of naves , 8660 feet of boards and planks ; it cost 10 % . 178. the sawing . The whole esteemed 97 tons . - EVELYN's Sylva , ii . 189 . Pitte's elm , in the Vale of Gloucester , was , in 1783 , about 80 feet high , and the smallest ...
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... pair of sawyers were constantly employed 138 days in its conversion . The expense alone of doing this was 82. The main trunk of the tree was nine feet and a half in diameter . It had been improving for 400 years , as found from the ...
... pair of sawyers were constantly employed 138 days in its conversion . The expense alone of doing this was 82. The main trunk of the tree was nine feet and a half in diameter . It had been improving for 400 years , as found from the ...
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... pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyrie : the difficulty whetted their ...
... pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyrie : the difficulty whetted their ...
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... pair of swallows built their nest early in the summer , close to the iron- stay of a water - spout , running in the direction from my bed - room window . I could observe their proceedings as I lay in bed , and also from various parts of ...
... pair of swallows built their nest early in the summer , close to the iron- stay of a water - spout , running in the direction from my bed - room window . I could observe their proceedings as I lay in bed , and also from various parts of ...
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