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The Natural History of Selborne
Gilbert White
- Form
- Form Non-fiction
- Year
- Year 1789
- Pages
- Pages 280
Timothy the tortoise is dug out of the ground where he has slept away the winter, set on the scales, and his weight written down. That is the quality of attention this book is made of.
Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
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