Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... bodies , and the force with which they can expel it , that solve the problem how so small a creature as a singing bird can be capable of sending forth notes so loud , and of warbling so long and so prodigally , without apparent fatigue ...
... bodies , and the force with which they can expel it , that solve the problem how so small a creature as a singing bird can be capable of sending forth notes so loud , and of warbling so long and so prodigally , without apparent fatigue ...
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... body was obliquely downwards ; and great force was evidently used to counteract buoyancy , the bird finding it difficult to keep itself at the bottom . Mr. Macgillivray remarks that Colonel Montagu well describes the appearance which it ...
... body was obliquely downwards ; and great force was evidently used to counteract buoyancy , the bird finding it difficult to keep itself at the bottom . Mr. Macgillivray remarks that Colonel Montagu well describes the appearance which it ...
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... body , determined to storm the nest of the poor Missel Thrushes , who " defended their mansion with great vigour , and fought resolutely pro aris et focis ; but numbers at last prevailed ; they tore the nest to pieces , and swallowed ...
... body , determined to storm the nest of the poor Missel Thrushes , who " defended their mansion with great vigour , and fought resolutely pro aris et focis ; but numbers at last prevailed ; they tore the nest to pieces , and swallowed ...
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... bodies of three nearly full - fledged nestlings , before they established themselves therein . About the same time , and near the same place , another pair endeavoured to get rid of the dead bodies of the victims ; their efforts to ...
... bodies of three nearly full - fledged nestlings , before they established themselves therein . About the same time , and near the same place , another pair endeavoured to get rid of the dead bodies of the victims ; their efforts to ...
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... body of a child , which was coiled up . A snow bunting had found its way through the loose stones which composed this little tomb , and its now forsaken , neatly - built nest was found placed on the neck of the child . As the snow ...
... body of a child , which was coiled up . A snow bunting had found its way through the loose stones which composed this little tomb , and its now forsaken , neatly - built nest was found placed on the neck of the child . As the snow ...
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Стр. 37 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Стр. 299 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Стр. 78 - The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Стр. 80 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Стр. 91 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Стр. 97 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley; Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Стр. 299 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way ; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven...
Стр. 148 - Polish swan to be fifty-seven inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...