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... Dragons 320 Sea - Dragons 332 Ancient Amphibious and Terrestrial Dragons 344 Postscript 373 ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS . PART FIRST . - BIRDS . SINGING.
... Dragons 320 Sea - Dragons 332 Ancient Amphibious and Terrestrial Dragons 344 Postscript 373 ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS . PART FIRST . - BIRDS . SINGING.
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... dragon - flies ( Libellulę ) over a pond , and the hairy larvę of some of the lepidopterous insects are especial favourites . It was formerly supposed that the hairs found on the inner surface of the stomach of this bird were of ...
... dragon - flies ( Libellulę ) over a pond , and the hairy larvę of some of the lepidopterous insects are especial favourites . It was formerly supposed that the hairs found on the inner surface of the stomach of this bird were of ...
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... dragons , and a court of owls . 14. The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island , and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech - owl also shall rest there , and find for herself a place of ...
... dragons , and a court of owls . 14. The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island , and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech - owl also shall rest there , and find for herself a place of ...
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... dragons and a court for ostriches . " 14. There shall meete also Ziim and Jim , and the Satyre shall cry to his fellow , and the schrich - owle shall rest there , and shall finde for her selfe a quiet dwelling . 66 15. There shall the ...
... dragons and a court for ostriches . " 14. There shall meete also Ziim and Jim , and the Satyre shall cry to his fellow , and the schrich - owle shall rest there , and shall finde for her selfe a quiet dwelling . 66 15. There shall the ...
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... dragon- lads the alphabet . The bloodhound , and the greyhound , have been immortalized by our best poets , ancient and modern ; a Newfoundland dog was the friend of Byron , and Scott had his Maida . There is hardly a great dog , from ...
... dragon- lads the alphabet . The bloodhound , and the greyhound , have been immortalized by our best poets , ancient and modern ; a Newfoundland dog was the friend of Byron , and Scott had his Maida . There is hardly a great dog , from ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 148 - Polish swan to be fifty-seven inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...