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... and was perfectly mute in less than a fortnight : the scholar afterwards sang three parts in four nightingale , and the rest of his song was what the bird - catchers call • rubbish , " or no particular note whatever .
... and was perfectly mute in less than a fortnight : the scholar afterwards sang three parts in four nightingale , and the rest of his song was what the bird - catchers call • rubbish , " or no particular note whatever .
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The plumage of the sexes is very nearly similar , the hues of the female being only rather less brilliant , and the prisoner daily deludes himself that the mate which he is doomed never to see is come to visit him .
The plumage of the sexes is very nearly similar , the hues of the female being only rather less brilliant , and the prisoner daily deludes himself that the mate which he is doomed never to see is come to visit him .
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The songsters themselves seem hardly less a a pleased when they find all right ; and while they. * Pheasants , common fowls , & c . † Grouse , partridges , & c . # Blackbirds and thrushes . * In White's Calendar , the earliest and ...
The songsters themselves seem hardly less a a pleased when they find all right ; and while they. * Pheasants , common fowls , & c . † Grouse , partridges , & c . # Blackbirds and thrushes . * In White's Calendar , the earliest and ...
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... remarks Bechstein , “ it has less volume , strength , and expression , it is more pure , easy , and flute - like in its tones , and its song is more varied , smooth , and delicate . It sings also for a much longer period , both when ...
... remarks Bechstein , “ it has less volume , strength , and expression , it is more pure , easy , and flute - like in its tones , and its song is more varied , smooth , and delicate . It sings also for a much longer period , both when ...
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Nor has the eloquence of prose been less warm in its praise . Only turn to the elegant fervour with which Pliny dwells on its miraculous power and execution ; f or to the honest , pious , English admiration of Izaak Walton , g not to ...
Nor has the eloquence of prose been less warm in its praise . Only turn to the elegant fervour with which Pliny dwells on its miraculous power and execution ; f or to the honest , pious , English admiration of Izaak Walton , g not to ...
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| Название | Zoological Recreations |
| Автор | William John Broderip |
| Издатель | H. Colburn, 1849 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Нью-Йоркская публичная библиотека |
| Оцифровано | 19 окт 2009 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 384 |
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