British birdsLondon, 1840 - 216 pages |
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Page 22
... beautiful birds when transferred from their perch to the glove , whether to fly at the game , or merely to be borne on solemn or festive occasions , as appendages of high rank . There was the collar , often of fine enamelled work , or ...
... beautiful birds when transferred from their perch to the glove , whether to fly at the game , or merely to be borne on solemn or festive occasions , as appendages of high rank . There was the collar , often of fine enamelled work , or ...
Page 47
... sky With one sensation , and these wakeful birds Have all burst forth in choral minstrelsy , As if some sudden gale had swept at once A hundred airy harps ! The poet , at the commencement of this beautiful de- THE NIGHTINGALE . 47.
... sky With one sensation , and these wakeful birds Have all burst forth in choral minstrelsy , As if some sudden gale had swept at once A hundred airy harps ! The poet , at the commencement of this beautiful de- THE NIGHTINGALE . 47.
Page 48
British birds. The poet , at the commencement of this beautiful de- scription , alludes to an error often entertained in refer- ence to the nightingale . Strange is it that this lively bird should ever be thought melancholy . Its ...
British birds. The poet , at the commencement of this beautiful de- scription , alludes to an error often entertained in refer- ence to the nightingale . Strange is it that this lively bird should ever be thought melancholy . Its ...
Page 64
... endeavours were made , could not be persuaded to eat stones , though necessary for their existence . Most of the birds thus reared , were very fine and beautiful , and though the greater part were cocks , 64 BRITISH BIRDS .
... endeavours were made , could not be persuaded to eat stones , though necessary for their existence . Most of the birds thus reared , were very fine and beautiful , and though the greater part were cocks , 64 BRITISH BIRDS .
Page 65
British birds. beautiful , and though the greater part were cocks , there was , with few exceptions , even when arrived at nearly their full size , neither crowing nor fighting . The ab- sence of the former was probably owing to their ...
British birds. beautiful , and though the greater part were cocks , there was , with few exceptions , even when arrived at nearly their full size , neither crowing nor fighting . The ab- sence of the former was probably owing to their ...
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abode appears bank barn owl beak beautiful bill breed brood brought bush cage called canary chickens cliffs cock cockchafer common cuckoo cormorant creatures crow distance ducks dwelling earth eggs eyes falcon falconry favourite feathers feed feet female fieldfares flew flight flocks fowl frequently garden gentleman golden eagle goldfinch grass ground hatched hawks head heard hundred insects instinct killed kind lapwing lark live magpie male melody morning nest nestling night nightingale notes numbers observed pair parent partridge peacock perch PEREGRINE FALCON PETREL pheasant pigeons plumage prey raven reared rock rook says Scotland season seen sing Sir Thomas Monson sky-lark sometimes song soon sparrow species spring swallow swan sweet thee thick-billed pigeons thou thrush titmouse tree voice warbler watch Wedhampton white-tailed eagle wild wing winter woods Yarico young birds young cuckoo
Popular passages
Page 7 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 78 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Page 47 - But never elsewhere in one place I knew So many nightingales ; and far and near, In wood and thicket, over the wide grove, They answer and provoke each other's song, With skirmish and capricious passagings, And murmurs musical and swift jug jug, And one low piping sound more sweet than all...
Page 81 - To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Page 201 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 167 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 47 - Glides through the pathways ; she knows all their notes, That gentle Maid ! and oft, a moment's space, What time the moon was lost behind a cloud, Hath heard a pause of silence...
Page 4 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, And make her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, Upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, And her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood : And where the slain are, there is she.
Page 188 - Hark to Nature's lesson given By the blessed birds of heaven! Every bush and tufted tree Warbles sweet philosophy: ' Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow; God provideth for the morrow!
Page 7 - For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.