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... remains motionless , till some luckless insect , humming his lay as carelessly as his brother water - fly , " the dandy , hums the favourite air of the last new opera , comes within his range ; off darts the fly - catcher , finishing ...
... remains motionless , till some luckless insect , humming his lay as carelessly as his brother water - fly , " the dandy , hums the favourite air of the last new opera , comes within his range ; off darts the fly - catcher , finishing ...
Page 30
... remains of fruit were found . But whence comes this insect - destroyer , so common on every lawn , and in every garden ? From the arid regions of Africa , where its range extends to the west , and even to the south , as far as the Cape ...
... remains of fruit were found . But whence comes this insect - destroyer , so common on every lawn , and in every garden ? From the arid regions of Africa , where its range extends to the west , and even to the south , as far as the Cape ...
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... remains unmoved . Should you , however , approach so near , she flutters away , feigning lameness so cunningly , that none but one accus- tomed to the sight can refrain from pursuing her . The male immediately joins her in mimic ...
... remains unmoved . Should you , however , approach so near , she flutters away , feigning lameness so cunningly , that none but one accus- tomed to the sight can refrain from pursuing her . The male immediately joins her in mimic ...
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... remains untouched . The finches and true warblers are still unnoticed , and we hope to present them to such of our readers as may take an interest in the subject . June , 1841 . * " British Birds . " SINGING BIRDS - VISITERS . " Sumer ...
... remains untouched . The finches and true warblers are still unnoticed , and we hope to present them to such of our readers as may take an interest in the subject . June , 1841 . * " British Birds . " SINGING BIRDS - VISITERS . " Sumer ...
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... remains till the autumnal moult again clothes in its winter covering . } M. Temminck describes the bird under the name of Gros - bec d'Ardennes , and it is probably the Pinson d'Ardenne of Belon , and the old French authors . The ...
... remains till the autumnal moult again clothes in its winter covering . } M. Temminck describes the bird under the name of Gros - bec d'Ardennes , and it is probably the Pinson d'Ardenne of Belon , and the old French authors . The ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.