Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... turn to the elegant vignette in Yarrell's book ; † and there you will see it supported on four reed - stems , formed of the seed - branches of the * See White's " Selborne . " + " British Birds . " reeds and very long grass coiled ...
... turn to the elegant vignette in Yarrell's book ; † and there you will see it supported on four reed - stems , formed of the seed - branches of the * See White's " Selborne . " + " British Birds . " reeds and very long grass coiled ...
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... turn to the elegant fervour with which Pliny dwells on its miraculous power and execution ; or to the honest , pious , English admiration of Izaak Walton , || not to advert to a crowd of others , and what more can be said ? We shall ...
... turn to the elegant fervour with which Pliny dwells on its miraculous power and execution ; or to the honest , pious , English admiration of Izaak Walton , || not to advert to a crowd of others , and what more can be said ? We shall ...
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... turn from sacred to profane story , we shall find that the cuckoo bore no common part in ancient fable . The king and father of Gods and men himself did not disdain to take the form of the bird when he was anxious to introduce himself ...
... turn from sacred to profane story , we shall find that the cuckoo bore no common part in ancient fable . The king and father of Gods and men himself did not disdain to take the form of the bird when he was anxious to introduce himself ...
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... turn to a story accordingly the gossip ran , that when the drenched bird flew to her for refuge , she shook it out of her peplum ; but when the god stood confessed , she accepted him . However this may have been , never was such a ...
... turn to a story accordingly the gossip ran , that when the drenched bird flew to her for refuge , she shook it out of her peplum ; but when the god stood confessed , she accepted him . However this may have been , never was such a ...
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... turn excellent eating , according to Pliny . In allusion to this mode of showing his gratitude , the Fool in " Lear " bitterly says , " The hedge - sparrow fed the cuckoo so long , That it had its head bit off by its young . " 99 And ...
... turn excellent eating , according to Pliny . In allusion to this mode of showing his gratitude , the Fool in " Lear " bitterly says , " The hedge - sparrow fed the cuckoo so long , That it had its head bit off by its young . " 99 And ...
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Стр. 303 - 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.
Стр. 303 - 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. 69 - 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. 89 - 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. 305 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Стр. 138 - Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride. Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's...
Стр. 83 - 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. 143 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. 84 - Alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram, Quae quondam in bustis aut culminibus desertis Nocte sedens, serum canit importuna per umbras ; Hanc versa in faciem, Turni se pestis ob ora 865 Fertque refertque sonans, clipeumque everberat alis.
Стр. 88 - Dame. Yes, I have brought, to help our vows, Horned poppy, cypress boughs, The fig-tree wild that grows on tombs, And juice that from the larch-tree comes, The basilisk's blood, and the viper's skin : And now our orgies let us begin.