A Picture of the Seasons; with anecdotes and remarks on every month in the year. Embellished with cutsWilliam Folds, 1818 - 176 páginas |
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... become filled with water during the sum- mer , either from rain or the melting of the snow , which is frozen during the winter , and , by its irresistible expansive power , separates huge masses of rock from the summits of the mountains ...
... become filled with water during the sum- mer , either from rain or the melting of the snow , which is frozen during the winter , and , by its irresistible expansive power , separates huge masses of rock from the summits of the mountains ...
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... animals must perish , were it not for a store of food prepared and laid up within them , in the form of fat : for animals of this class become very fat before they retire to their winter habitations , and come out again in the JANUARY . 15.
... animals must perish , were it not for a store of food prepared and laid up within them , in the form of fat : for animals of this class become very fat before they retire to their winter habitations , and come out again in the JANUARY . 15.
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... become insen- sible , amount to no more than the usual number of thirty - six hours in their active state , and their demand for nourishment is probably diminished in the same proportion . The other animals , that are not rendered ...
... become insen- sible , amount to no more than the usual number of thirty - six hours in their active state , and their demand for nourishment is probably diminished in the same proportion . The other animals , that are not rendered ...
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... become smooth from the frozen snow , he takes his carts , and carries hay and corn to market , or draws turf and coals for himself and neighbours . The barn resounds with the flail , " by the use of which the labourer is enabled to defy ...
... become smooth from the frozen snow , he takes his carts , and carries hay and corn to market , or draws turf and coals for himself and neighbours . The barn resounds with the flail , " by the use of which the labourer is enabled to defy ...
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... carried down the stream , it gradually collects in large masses below the city of Vienna , where the banks become narrower ; each block of ice is pushed by the current against the fragments that have gone before , FEBRUARY . 27.
... carried down the stream , it gradually collects in large masses below the city of Vienna , where the banks become narrower ; each block of ice is pushed by the current against the fragments that have gone before , FEBRUARY . 27.
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animals annual plant appearance arrive autumn beauty become beech bees begin berries birds birds of prey blossoms bright buds called catkins cattle chaffinch clouds cold corn covered crowfoot cuckoo earth eggs fall farmer feed feet females fieldfare fields flowers frog frost frozen fruit gannets gardens goats Goldau grass ground grow heard heat hedges hive honey horse-chestnut inhabitants insects island juice kinds labourers Lapland latter end leaves longest day males meadows mezereon month morning mountain multitudes nature nectarine nest night nightshade northern nourishment numbers o'er perfect perish plants plentiful prey principal quadrupeds quantity queen Queen bee rain river scarcely season seeds sheep shelter shower shrubs snow soon species spring stalk summer swallow swarm sweet thawed THOMSON thrush tivated torpid trees tribe various vegetables warm weather warmth whole wild wind wings winter woods young