Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes breed grind moory
The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds. Gilbert White abruptbirdcountry Change image and share on social
You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter. Gilbert White buntcountrydepend Change image and share on social
Hedge-hogs abound in my gardens and fields. Gilbert White aboundfieldgarden Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. Thomas Carlyle breeddiffergood Change image and share on social