| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1842 - 342 pages
...admitted one of the senior proctors of the University in April, 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...he early fixed his residence in his native village, T1U where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1843 - 424 pages
...admitted one of the senior proctors of the University in April 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...study is so well calculated to afford. Though several occasions offered of settling upon a college living, he could never persuade himself to quit the beloved... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 460 pages
...biographical sketch, prefixed to the last edition, we are told, that ' being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...of his life in literary occupations, and especially the study of Nature. This he followed with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of... | |
| Henry Moody (curator of the Winchester mus.) - Hampshire (England) - 1846 - 444 pages
...in 1739, and was one of the Proctors of that University in 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...he early fixed his residence in his native village, not as the minister, but merely as an inhabitant, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1850 - 458 pages
...admitted one of the senior Proctors of the University in April, 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...with patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the iessons of piety and benevolence, which such a study is so well calculated to afford. Though several... | |
| Edmund Phipps - Great Britain - 1850 - 528 pages
...probably thank me for copying it literally without further comment. " Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...native village, where he spent the greater part of his time in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This, he followed with patient... | |
| Edmund Phipps - Great Britain - 1850 - 516 pages
...probably thank me for copying it literally without further comment. " Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...native village, where he spent the greater part of his time in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature. This he followed with patient... | |
| Arts - 1853 - 390 pages
...as one of the senior Proctors of the University in April, 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...especially in the study of nature. This he followed with a patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence, which such a study... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1853 - 386 pages
...— A. HOLT WHITE. — Notes and Queries, September, No. 204, page 304. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence...especially in the study of nature. This he followed with a patient assiduity, and a mind ever open to the lessons of piety and benevolence, which such a study... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1853 - 402 pages
...admitted one of the senior Proctors of the University in April, 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery,...native village, where he spent the greater part of IV PREFACE. his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of Nature. This he followed... | |
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