Rural HoursGeorge P. Putnam, 1851 - 521 pages |
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... observations on rustic matters , which are afterward remembered with pleasure by the fire - side , and gladly shared , perhaps , with one's friends . The following pages , therefore , are offered to the reader more from the interest of ...
... observations on rustic matters , which are afterward remembered with pleasure by the fire - side , and gladly shared , perhaps , with one's friends . The following pages , therefore , are offered to the reader more from the interest of ...
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... observed except by the sportsman ; these were the first we had seen for several months . In the spring and autumn , when so many of the different varieties are passing to and fro , they are common enough . Three large waterfowl also ...
... observed except by the sportsman ; these were the first we had seen for several months . In the spring and autumn , when so many of the different varieties are passing to and fro , they are common enough . Three large waterfowl also ...
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... observed several with small icicles hanging from their lower branches , although there was neither ice nor snow on the adjoin- ing trees ; we broke one off , and it proved to be congealed sap , which had exuded from the branch and ...
... observed several with small icicles hanging from their lower branches , although there was neither ice nor snow on the adjoin- ing trees ; we broke one off , and it proved to be congealed sap , which had exuded from the branch and ...
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... observed , that " it is ex- ceedingly meritorious of the name it bears ; " but this seems too severe , since a harsher thing could not well be said of a plant . In the neighborhood of the village , it has been up these three weeks , but ...
... observed , that " it is ex- ceedingly meritorious of the name it bears ; " but this seems too severe , since a harsher thing could not well be said of a plant . In the neighborhood of the village , it has been up these three weeks , but ...
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... observation , looking out for a convenient building notch . Wednesday , 29th . - Lovely day ; soft clear sunshine , and de- lightful air from the west playing in the leafless branches , and among the gren threads of the pine foliage ...
... observation , looking out for a convenient building notch . Wednesday , 29th . - Lovely day ; soft clear sunshine , and de- lightful air from the west playing in the leafless branches , and among the gren threads of the pine foliage ...
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