Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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William John Broderip. comes reconciled . Bechstein gives it a very different character for he says that its song is a mere harsh disagreeable warble . The redwings have been seen and heard in Surrey , Essex and Yorkshire , as late as ...
William John Broderip. comes reconciled . Bechstein gives it a very different character for he says that its song is a mere harsh disagreeable warble . The redwings have been seen and heard in Surrey , Essex and Yorkshire , as late as ...
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... gives it a firm and uncompromising character- " Pinson montain cest oyseau on appelle , Pource qu'es monts il vit communement . Son cœur est tel que navré griefriement , Ce nonobstant pinse , mord , et rebelle . " And the brambling is ...
... gives it a firm and uncompromising character- " Pinson montain cest oyseau on appelle , Pource qu'es monts il vit communement . Son cœur est tel que navré griefriement , Ce nonobstant pinse , mord , et rebelle . " And the brambling is ...
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... give imitations of the tits , the chaffinch , and the lark ; but their talents are unequal to repeating a musical air . They are indefatigable singers and feeders , caring so little for the loss of their liberty that they will eat as ...
... give imitations of the tits , the chaffinch , and the lark ; but their talents are unequal to repeating a musical air . They are indefatigable singers and feeders , caring so little for the loss of their liberty that they will eat as ...
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... gives the following account of one in a state of domestication : " I received , " said his friend , " a male in ... give him a small quantity of seed . But three mornings in succession I happened to lie rather later than usual , and ...
... gives the following account of one in a state of domestication : " I received , " said his friend , " a male in ... give him a small quantity of seed . But three mornings in succession I happened to lie rather later than usual , and ...
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... gives the following account from an old MS . , with a copy of which he was favoured by the Rev. L. B. Larking , of Ryarsh Vicarage , near Maidstone . " The year 1593 was a greate and exceeding yeere of apples ; and there were greate ...
... gives the following account from an old MS . , with a copy of which he was favoured by the Rev. L. B. Larking , of Ryarsh Vicarage , near Maidstone . " The year 1593 was a greate and exceeding yeere of apples ; and there were greate ...
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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...