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Page vii
... Snow - storms in the Mountains - Pleasures of the British Fireside - Miseries of the Poor - Continued Frost - Immense destruction of Vermin , Birds , etc. at this season Bird - moping- Walking in frosty weather - Glazed Frost , its ...
... Snow - storms in the Mountains - Pleasures of the British Fireside - Miseries of the Poor - Continued Frost - Immense destruction of Vermin , Birds , etc. at this season Bird - moping- Walking in frosty weather - Glazed Frost , its ...
Page xi
... Snow- Amusements in Snow - Fireside employments in farmhouses and cottages - Bird - catching - Singing Birds in cages , selfishness of the practice - Daily Way- farers - November , its name - Moles retire to their nests— Salmon ascend ...
... Snow- Amusements in Snow - Fireside employments in farmhouses and cottages - Bird - catching - Singing Birds in cages , selfishness of the practice - Daily Way- farers - November , its name - Moles retire to their nests— Salmon ascend ...
Page xxv
... , as hard as brick ; and when Among their children , comfortable men Gather about great fires , and yet feel cold ; Alas ! then , for the homeless beggar old ! SHELLEY . JANUARY . By his commandment he maketh the snow to.
... , as hard as brick ; and when Among their children , comfortable men Gather about great fires , and yet feel cold ; Alas ! then , for the homeless beggar old ! SHELLEY . JANUARY . By his commandment he maketh the snow to.
Page 1
... snow , and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grass- hoppers . The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof , and the heart is astonished at the raining of it . The hoar - frost also as salt he poureth on the ...
... snow , and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grass- hoppers . The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof , and the heart is astonished at the raining of it . The hoar - frost also as salt he poureth on the ...
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... perforating wind from the north ; or , what is worse , the north - east , sweeps the descending snow along , whirling it from the open fields , and driving it against whatever opposes its course . People who are obliged to be 2 JANUARY .
... perforating wind from the north ; or , what is worse , the north - east , sweeps the descending snow along , whirling it from the open fields , and driving it against whatever opposes its course . People who are obliged to be 2 JANUARY .
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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