Cassell's popular natural history, Объемы 3-4;Том 431863 |
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... wood tree , an eagle had fixed its nest , and seemed the undisputed mistress of the spot , to contest whose dominion ... woods were cut down , and cleared off for several rods around the spot , which circumstance gave the stately , erect ...
... wood tree , an eagle had fixed its nest , and seemed the undisputed mistress of the spot , to contest whose dominion ... woods were cut down , and cleared off for several rods around the spot , which circumstance gave the stately , erect ...
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... woods . " Sometimes , however , the fish - hawks assemble in bands too ' numerous for the eagle to encounter , and he is driven to hunt for himself . He then usually retires inland , and occasionally destroys great numbers of young pigs ...
... woods . " Sometimes , however , the fish - hawks assemble in bands too ' numerous for the eagle to encounter , and he is driven to hunt for himself . He then usually retires inland , and occasionally destroys great numbers of young pigs ...
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... woods . The value attached to them , as well as their aptness to fly away , is evident from a law of Edward III . According to this , any person finding one of the species was to carry it immediately to the sheriff of the county , who ...
... woods . The value attached to them , as well as their aptness to fly away , is evident from a law of Edward III . According to this , any person finding one of the species was to carry it immediately to the sheriff of the county , who ...
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... woods , from whence it can sally forth to prey in an open tract . It breeds on trees , sometimes among the forsaken nests of the crow or magpie ; the eggs are said to be of a blueish - white , with blotches of yellow or olive - green ...
... woods , from whence it can sally forth to prey in an open tract . It breeds on trees , sometimes among the forsaken nests of the crow or magpie ; the eggs are said to be of a blueish - white , with blotches of yellow or olive - green ...
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... woods for its retreat , for there it can make excursions , and return , at pleasure , to its roosting - place or its ... wood is chosen as a breeding - place ; the nest is composed of sticks and twigs , loosely put together on a ...
... woods for its retreat , for there it can make excursions , and return , at pleasure , to its roosting - place or its ... wood is chosen as a breeding - place ; the nest is composed of sticks and twigs , loosely put together on a ...
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Стр. 148 - While birds, and butterflies, and flowers, Make all one band of paramours, Thou, ranging up and down the bowers, Art sole in thy employment: A Life, a Presence like the Air, Scattering thy gladness without care, Too blest with any one to pair; Thyself thy own enjoyment.
Стр. 87 - Wisely regardful of the* embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Стр. 148 - Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shed Their snow-white blossoms on my head, With brightest sunshine round me spread Of spring's unclouded weather, In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard-seat! And birds and flowers once more to greet, My last year's friends together.
Стр. 244 - Walking by the seaside in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or rather very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height perhaps of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space filled with young shrimps...
Стр. 289 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Стр. 294 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Стр. 56 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Стр. 88 - Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!
Стр. 33 - ... wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Стр. 148 - Amid yon tuft of hazel trees, That twinkle to the gusty breeze, Behold him perched in ecstasies, Yet seeming still to hover; There! where the flutter of his wings Upon his back and body flings Shadows and sunny glimmerings, That cover him all over. My dazzled sight he oft deceives— A Brother of the dancing leaves; Then flits, and from the cottage-eaves Pours forth his song in gushes...