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... round , of a fine white outside and dark in the middle ; if at all thin , slimy , with no black in it , it is certain he is not long for this world . But the greatest difficulty is to make sure of getting a cock bird ; if you hear him ...
... round , of a fine white outside and dark in the middle ; if at all thin , slimy , with no black in it , it is certain he is not long for this world . But the greatest difficulty is to make sure of getting a cock bird ; if you hear him ...
Page 21
... round the bird's tongue . Should such an accident happen as the entangle- ment of the bird's tongue with any fibres of his meat , take a fine needle , and with great care remove them by forcing the bill open ; then give him a meal ...
... round the bird's tongue . Should such an accident happen as the entangle- ment of the bird's tongue with any fibres of his meat , take a fine needle , and with great care remove them by forcing the bill open ; then give him a meal ...
Page 35
... round of toast , after the opening of many an extra jar of pickles and pot of jam , after innu- merable determinations to ' settle , ' and innumerable inquiries about the price of pembroke tables and rush - bottomed chairs , they found ...
... round of toast , after the opening of many an extra jar of pickles and pot of jam , after innu- merable determinations to ' settle , ' and innumerable inquiries about the price of pembroke tables and rush - bottomed chairs , they found ...
Page 36
... round pound or two , she ought to be , to make up for her temper , ' said a full faced butcher , who always paid his rent and rates the moment they fell due . Mr. Pinkerton grew slightly purple , but subduing his rising anger , said ...
... round pound or two , she ought to be , to make up for her temper , ' said a full faced butcher , who always paid his rent and rates the moment they fell due . Mr. Pinkerton grew slightly purple , but subduing his rising anger , said ...
Page 38
... round the heaps under which the hearts and brains are buried , and not distinguish them from the heaps of worthless stones that savages pile above their dead . CHAPTER II . On very fine mornings , Mr. Chalk was seen to open the green ...
... round the heaps under which the hearts and brains are buried , and not distinguish them from the heaps of worthless stones that savages pile above their dead . CHAPTER II . On very fine mornings , Mr. Chalk was seen to open the green ...
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Page 133 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 205 - One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
Page 168 - ... rapidity. He repeats the tune' taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Page 63 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Page 40 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted strain, 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond, Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 133 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 168 - Bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the...
Page 29 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Page 166 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Page 166 - ... dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises preeminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.