The Youth's Book of Nature, Or, The Four Seasons Illustrated: Being Familiar Descriptions of Natural History, Made During Walks in the Country |
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... fruits of various kinds were ripe on the second of August ; and on the tenth the people were gathering in their seeds . About the middle of August their winter began with frost and snow , and continued till near the end of the following ...
... fruits of various kinds were ripe on the second of August ; and on the tenth the people were gathering in their seeds . About the middle of August their winter began with frost and snow , and continued till near the end of the following ...
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... fruits , and fine weather . You now realize your wish , Edward , which you often expressed a month or two since , when the cold and the storms deprived us , and not unfrequently , of our usual walks , that this lovely period would ...
... fruits , and fine weather . You now realize your wish , Edward , which you often expressed a month or two since , when the cold and the storms deprived us , and not unfrequently , of our usual walks , that this lovely period would ...
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... fruits of the earth : autumn , when the heat abates , the fruits and seeds are gathered , and the days and nights are again as long as each other : and winter , which you said was as a sabbath to the earth , when it seemed THE SEASONS . 9.
... fruits of the earth : autumn , when the heat abates , the fruits and seeds are gathered , and the days and nights are again as long as each other : and winter , which you said was as a sabbath to the earth , when it seemed THE SEASONS . 9.
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... fruits , and those that are cold for warm furs , suitable to their situation . I could readily adduce many other in- stances . How is it that you know everything , Papa ? This is far from being the case , Edward . I know , indeed ...
... fruits , and those that are cold for warm furs , suitable to their situation . I could readily adduce many other in- stances . How is it that you know everything , Papa ? This is far from being the case , Edward . I know , indeed ...
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... in the little acorn ! Yet it must be so , or they could not come out of it . All seeds contain in them the root , stem , leaves , blossoms , and fruit of the future plant . • But wheat , Papa , seems more important than.
... in the little acorn ! Yet it must be so , or they could not come out of it . All seeds contain in them the root , stem , leaves , blossoms , and fruit of the future plant . • But wheat , Papa , seems more important than.
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