Aunt Jenny's American PetsGriffith and Farran,successors to Newberry and Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1872 - Birds - 222 pages |
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... wish to fetter their brilliant wings , to check their busy activity , and to deprive them of the dainty food which Nature has spread for them in roses and lilies ? ' ' Are there no humming - birds in any other part of the world except ...
... wish to fetter their brilliant wings , to check their busy activity , and to deprive them of the dainty food which Nature has spread for them in roses and lilies ? ' ' Are there no humming - birds in any other part of the world except ...
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... wish I could see a mocking- bird ! Is it pretty , Aunt Jenny ? ' ' It has not a brilliant plumage ; yet you would be sure to think it an exceedingly pretty bird , on account of its elegant shape , and its sprightly , graceful movements ...
... wish I could see a mocking- bird ! Is it pretty , Aunt Jenny ? ' ' It has not a brilliant plumage ; yet you would be sure to think it an exceedingly pretty bird , on account of its elegant shape , and its sprightly , graceful movements ...
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... wish you had brought us some , Aunt Jenny , ' added Duncan . ' My darlings , you will hear what difficulty I had in saving even the two I brought over . But now I find that you are really able to take care of birds and will not neglect ...
... wish you had brought us some , Aunt Jenny , ' added Duncan . ' My darlings , you will hear what difficulty I had in saving even the two I brought over . But now I find that you are really able to take care of birds and will not neglect ...
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... wish to secure the young , you must beg and bribe all the negroes not to molest it . For when I was in Virginia , all the servants and labourers on my friend's estate were negro slaves , whose children , I grieve to tell you , from not ...
... wish to secure the young , you must beg and bribe all the negroes not to molest it . For when I was in Virginia , all the servants and labourers on my friend's estate were negro slaves , whose children , I grieve to tell you , from not ...
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... wish , but have scarcely the patience to feed and take care of troublesome little birds ; and my poor helpless fledgelings were really exceedingly troublesome . Their parents would have taught them where to find , and how to divide and ...
... wish , but have scarcely the patience to feed and take care of troublesome little birds ; and my poor helpless fledgelings were really exceedingly troublesome . Their parents would have taught them where to find , and how to divide and ...
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