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Excerpt from The Annals of My Village: Being an of Nature, for Every Month in the Year
This thought arose within me during a late walk in the neighbourhood of my village. The morning was cold and clear, but the sun shone bright, and not a cloud ?itted across the heavens. The little river ?owed over its rocky bed, and on either side, the spreading branches of the oak, the elm, and birch, had intercepted the ?akes of snow, and formed a sparkling arcade. Every twig glittered with boar-frost; even the coarser herbage, ferns, reeds, and mosses, seemed as if ?edged with icy feathers; while here and there the daphne-laurel and the holly firmly grasped the rugged banks. Their dark shining leaves were gemmed and edged with frozen parti cles, that re?ected the colours of the rainbow; and across them, innumerable spiders, as if proud to display their skill, had spun and interlaced their glittering webs.
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This thought arose within me during a late walk in the neighbourhood of my village. The morning was cold and clear, but the sun shone bright, and not a cloud ?itted across the heavens. The little river ?owed over its rocky bed, and on either side, the spreading branches of the oak, the elm, and birch, had intercepted the ?akes of snow, and formed a sparkling arcade. Every twig glittered with boar-frost; even the coarser herbage, ferns, reeds, and mosses, seemed as if ?edged with icy feathers; while here and there the daphne-laurel and the holly firmly grasped the rugged banks. Their dark shining leaves were gemmed and edged with frozen parti cles, that re?ected the colours of the rainbow; and across them, innumerable spiders, as if proud to display their skill, had spun and interlaced their glittering webs.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author of Select Female Biography
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ISBN - 9780265753507
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 376
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Author of Select Female Biography
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ISBN - 9781332234769
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 378
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