The Book of the Seasons, Or The Calender of Nature |
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... scenes , and looking on them as their own possessions , the Englishman of the present day is brought most closely into union with his forefathers of the days of Elizabeth by surveying his country as she shows herself at the present ...
... scenes , and looking on them as their own possessions , the Englishman of the present day is brought most closely into union with his forefathers of the days of Elizabeth by surveying his country as she shows herself at the present ...
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... scenes in the harvest - field —Picturesque features of Harvest as given in the Bible Harvesters - Harvest - home - Har- Second budding of Trees - Refreshed ver- dure and flowers of the Fields - Singular preservation of Seeds in the ...
... scenes in the harvest - field —Picturesque features of Harvest as given in the Bible Harvesters - Harvest - home - Har- Second budding of Trees - Refreshed ver- dure and flowers of the Fields - Singular preservation of Seeds in the ...
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... scenes and cir- cumstances with it to interest the heart of the lover of Nature and of his fellow - creatures , that it never ceases to be a subject of delightful observation ; and monotonous as it is frequently called , the very ...
... scenes and cir- cumstances with it to interest the heart of the lover of Nature and of his fellow - creatures , that it never ceases to be a subject of delightful observation ; and monotonous as it is frequently called , the very ...
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... scene , bearing on their fronts the tokens of the storm . Against every house , rock , or bank , the snow- drift accumulates . It curls over the tops of walls and hedges in fantastic wildness , forming often the most perfect curves ...
... scene , bearing on their fronts the tokens of the storm . Against every house , rock , or bank , the snow- drift accumulates . It curls over the tops of walls and hedges in fantastic wildness , forming often the most perfect curves ...
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... scene of en- chanting beauty . Every tree , bush , twig , and blade of grass , from the utmost nakedness has put on a pure and feathery garniture , which appears the work of enchantment , and has all the air and romantic novelty of a ...
... scene of en- chanting beauty . Every tree , bush , twig , and blade of grass , from the utmost nakedness has put on a pure and feathery garniture , which appears the work of enchantment , and has all the air and romantic novelty of a ...
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aliis Alpine amongst autumn Azalea banks beauty bees behold birds blue bogs boughs Broad-leaved Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH Chalky Cnicus coast comes April comes Aug comes Dec comes Nov comes Oct Common corn Corn-fields creatures cum mult Curruca delightful Ditches earth eggs Eringo Fieldfare fields flowers forest fresh Fritillary frost Fumitory Gardens Globe-flower goes Feb goes Sept Goosander grass green Haunts Hawkweed heart Hipparchia Hornbeam insects John's-wort larvæ leaves Marsh MARY HOWITT Meadows and pastures Moist month Moth mountains mult Nature nest numbers Orchis Phlox plants pleasant poets Polyommatus pools Primula Purple Rest-Harrow Rhododendron rivers rocks Sandy places Saxifrage Scotland Sea-shore season SELECT CALENDAR snow species Spiræa spirit spring Star of Bethlehem streams summer sweet thou trees tures Viburnum vulgaris Waste ground Watery places White wild Willow winter Woods and hedges Yellow young Zinnia