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... were written by the Rev. Thomas White , the brother of the well known Author of the Natural History of Selborne , and were placed in my hands by one of the members of his family . E. J. CONTENTS . - Spring and Summer - Scenery and Fishing.
... were written by the Rev. Thomas White , the brother of the well known Author of the Natural History of Selborne , and were placed in my hands by one of the members of his family . E. J. CONTENTS . - Spring and Summer - Scenery and Fishing.
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... authors . In Suffolk this mouse is called the rennie ; the name of Shrew is not at all known to the peasantry . The Hedge - hog is another of those persecuted animals , which the superstitions of the vulgar and ignorant have denounced ...
... authors . In Suffolk this mouse is called the rennie ; the name of Shrew is not at all known to the peasantry . The Hedge - hog is another of those persecuted animals , which the superstitions of the vulgar and ignorant have denounced ...
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... authors and mouldy records . " We chance to have a few of these " mouldy records " in our pos- session , on which we set no little store ; and on looking into some of them , we are bound to admit that many of the hints given by Piscator ...
... authors and mouldy records . " We chance to have a few of these " mouldy records " in our pos- session , on which we set no little store ; and on looking into some of them , we are bound to admit that many of the hints given by Piscator ...
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... author , and the manner in which the minute incidents he meets with are related , make us love as well as admire him . Even his dinners with his companions , at a village ale - house , are so well described , that we can almost fancy ...
... author , and the manner in which the minute incidents he meets with are related , make us love as well as admire him . Even his dinners with his companions , at a village ale - house , are so well described , that we can almost fancy ...
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... Author , was struck by the multi- tudes that he saw upon his own shrubs one morning at a very early hour when it had been raining and therefore when the leaves were wet , and " there was no honey - dew . " But it is singular that he ...
... Author , was struck by the multi- tudes that he saw upon his own shrubs one morning at a very early hour when it had been raining and therefore when the leaves were wet , and " there was no honey - dew . " But it is singular that he ...
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