Gilbert White quotes

I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand. (Gilbert White)
It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined. View quote
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The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds. View quote
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Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams. View quote
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We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month. My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point, within doors. View quote
Gilbert White

Gilbert White

Occupation: English Scientist
Born: July 18, 1720
Died: June 26, 1793
Quotes count: 5