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... things , and some interesting object be presented to the enquiring observer of nature . There is , in fact , nothing , from the most minute to the most vast of the works of Creation , which will not , if properly PREFACE . iii examined ...
... things , and some interesting object be presented to the enquiring observer of nature . There is , in fact , nothing , from the most minute to the most vast of the works of Creation , which will not , if properly PREFACE . iii examined ...
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... thing . " But besides the picturesque scenery of the Forests , the extinguishment of them has lost us a race of old English forestal sportsmen , now no longer to be met with . It may amuse my readers to have a de- scription given of one ...
... thing . " But besides the picturesque scenery of the Forests , the extinguishment of them has lost us a race of old English forestal sportsmen , now no longer to be met with . It may amuse my readers to have a de- scription given of one ...
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... things are not insignificant , and that Nature is , everywhere pregnant with the best kind of instruction . 1 shall always reflect with pleasure on the interest- ing rides I had some time since with an intelligent friend and naturalist ...
... things are not insignificant , and that Nature is , everywhere pregnant with the best kind of instruction . 1 shall always reflect with pleasure on the interest- ing rides I had some time since with an intelligent friend and naturalist ...
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... thing had just burst into freshness and beauty - the birds sang their joyous notes - the Cuckoo was heard in - every direc- tion the green Woodpecker uttered its wild cry , and the Herons were making their silent gyrations over our ...
... thing had just burst into freshness and beauty - the birds sang their joyous notes - the Cuckoo was heard in - every direc- tion the green Woodpecker uttered its wild cry , and the Herons were making their silent gyrations over our ...
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... things , also , were made from the tree and sold to various persons in the neighbourhood , which left the impression that Herne's Oak had been felled . Sixthly : A statement which I know was made by His Majesty , George IV , that ...
... things , also , were made from the tree and sold to various persons in the neighbourhood , which left the impression that Herne's Oak had been felled . Sixthly : A statement which I know was made by His Majesty , George IV , that ...
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