Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... young Cæsars had a Thrush , as well as Nightingales , eloquent in Latin and Greek . The talking Thrush belonging to Agrippina we admit ; but we suspect that the learned Thrush of the " Cæsares juvenes " was no more than a starling ; and ...
... young Cæsars had a Thrush , as well as Nightingales , eloquent in Latin and Greek . The talking Thrush belonging to Agrippina we admit ; but we suspect that the learned Thrush of the " Cæsares juvenes " was no more than a starling ; and ...
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... young ones as long as they remained outside the window ; and , though he attended the female afterwards to that barrier , he never once entered the room , nor brought any food while the young were in it . But the mother's affections ...
... young ones as long as they remained outside the window ; and , though he attended the female afterwards to that barrier , he never once entered the room , nor brought any food while the young were in it . But the mother's affections ...
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... young ones , then nearly fledged . After it had been viewed and admired - for it was very pretty , as most young birds are not he replaced the tiny creature , and , to the inquiry whether the parents would not forsake the nest if so ...
... young ones , then nearly fledged . After it had been viewed and admired - for it was very pretty , as most young birds are not he replaced the tiny creature , and , to the inquiry whether the parents would not forsake the nest if so ...
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... young . * A nest with five eggs was found on the ornamental crown of a lamp near Portland - place , † and this nest was seen by the well - known author of " British Birds and British Fishes , " on the top of the lamp at the office of ...
... young . * A nest with five eggs was found on the ornamental crown of a lamp near Portland - place , † and this nest was seen by the well - known author of " British Birds and British Fishes , " on the top of the lamp at the office of ...
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... young . This has been proved against the swallow and the martin ; and the swift has been suspected , whether justly or not we shall presently inquire . There is no doubt that late broods of swallows have been left by their vagrant ...
... young . This has been proved against the swallow and the martin ; and the swift has been suspected , whether justly or not we shall presently inquire . There is no doubt that late broods of swallows have been left by their vagrant ...
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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.