The Herb of the Field: Reprinted from "Chapters on Flowers" in the Magazine for the YoungJohn and Charles Mozley ... and Joseph Masters, 1853 - 288 páginas |
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... grey back and black streak over the eye , he is as fond of nuts as the mouse or the squirrel , but he has no paws to hold them , so how can he get at the kernel , through that hard shell ? The nut - hatch chooses a chink between two ...
... grey back and black streak over the eye , he is as fond of nuts as the mouse or the squirrel , but he has no paws to hold them , so how can he get at the kernel , through that hard shell ? The nut - hatch chooses a chink between two ...
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... of his robes , but if not , after about a fortnight , he takes off all his beautiful red or purple gar- ments , and rolls himself up in his plain working dress , very like a grey duffle cloak . By - and 14 THE HERB OF THE FIELD .
... of his robes , but if not , after about a fortnight , he takes off all his beautiful red or purple gar- ments , and rolls himself up in his plain working dress , very like a grey duffle cloak . By - and 14 THE HERB OF THE FIELD .
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... grey duffle cloak . By - and - by , the grey coat seems to come unravelled , just as if you were to undo a knitted glove , and it will prove to be formed of a multitude of little yellow seeds , each with its own white wing of cotton ...
... grey duffle cloak . By - and - by , the grey coat seems to come unravelled , just as if you were to undo a knitted glove , and it will prove to be formed of a multitude of little yellow seeds , each with its own white wing of cotton ...
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... grey flowers , with their black streaks , and bright eyes , perched in their beds of moss , and so abundant , and so varying in tint , that if you were to gather only one of each variety as you passed through but one coppice , you would ...
... grey flowers , with their black streaks , and bright eyes , perched in their beds of moss , and so abundant , and so varying in tint , that if you were to gather only one of each variety as you passed through but one coppice , you would ...
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... grey tare , and especially the small milk- wort , pink , blue , or white , with lovely little flowers , of which the pink is perhaps the prettiest , as it generally shows a large white tuft . It has but eight stamens instead of ten ...
... grey tare , and especially the small milk- wort , pink , blue , or white , with lovely little flowers , of which the pink is perhaps the prettiest , as it generally shows a large white tuft . It has but eight stamens instead of ten ...
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