The natural history of Selborne, arranged for young persons [by G. Ellis].1833 |
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... seen . The parish of Selborne , by taking in so much of the forest , is a vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and ...
... seen . The parish of Selborne , by taking in so much of the forest , is a vast district . Those who tread the bounds are employed part of three days in the business , and are of opinion that the outline , in all its curves and ...
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... seen cottages on the verge of this wild district , whose timbers consisted of a black hard wood , looking like oak , which the owners assured me they pro- cured from the bogs by probing the soil with spits , or some such instruments ...
... seen cottages on the verge of this wild district , whose timbers consisted of a black hard wood , looking like oak , which the owners assured me they pro- cured from the bogs by probing the soil with spits , or some such instruments ...
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... seen black game in the north of England , assured me that it was a grey hen . Nor does the loss of our black game prove the only gap in the Fauna Selborniensis ; for another beautiful link in the chain of beings is wanting - I mean the ...
... seen black game in the north of England , assured me that it was a grey hen . Nor does the loss of our black game prove the only gap in the Fauna Selborniensis ; for another beautiful link in the chain of beings is wanting - I mean the ...
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... seen but smother and desolation , the whole circuit round looking like the cinders of a volcano ; and the soil being quite exhausted , no traces of vegetation are to be found for years . These conflagrations , as they take place usually ...
... seen but smother and desolation , the whole circuit round looking like the cinders of a volcano ; and the soil being quite exhausted , no traces of vegetation are to be found for years . These conflagrations , as they take place usually ...
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... seen within the limits of Wolmer : nor were the red deer of Wol- mer ever known to haunt the thickets or glades of the Holt . At present the deer of the Holt are much thinned and reduced by the night - hunters , who perpetually harass ...
... seen within the limits of Wolmer : nor were the red deer of Wol- mer ever known to haunt the thickets or glades of the Holt . At present the deer of the Holt are much thinned and reduced by the night - hunters , who perpetually harass ...
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Page 71 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 26 - Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and often bending, sip The circling surface.
Page 130 - Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile, describes a dove haunting the cavern of a rock in such engaging numbers, that I cannot refrain from quoting the passage : and John Dryden has rendered it so happily in our language, that without...
Page 9 - The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle, or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and, though...
Page 166 - 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 heat in the middle of the day ; and though I continued there till the 13th of November, yet the work remained unfinished.
Page 40 - ... with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovering to what part it belonged. It was so compact and well filled, that it would roll across the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
Page 264 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 312 - July 20, inclusive, during which period the wind varied to every quarter, without making any alteration in the air. The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rust-coloured ferruginous light on the ground and floors of rooms ; but was particularly lurid and bloodcoloured at rising and setting. All the time the heat was so intense that butchers...
Page 157 - 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...
Page 80 - Amusive birds ! - say where your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempests beat; Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature is your secret guide!