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" The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech, very elliptical ; little is said, but much is meant and understood. "
The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... - Page 246
by Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1851 - 416 pages
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The History of the County of Derby, Part 1

Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...but much is meant and understood. The notes of the rngle kind arc shrill and piercing; and about the season of nidification much diversified. The notes...
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A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes ..., Volume 3

Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 522 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...been often assured by a curious observer of nature, * See Spectator, vol. vii. No. 512. who long re&ided at Gibraltar, where eagles abound. The notes of...
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The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby

Stephen Glover - Derbyshire (England) - 1831 - 510 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...about the season of nidification much diversified. The notes of our hawks much resemble those of the king of birds. Oicls, have very expressive notes...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and like other ancient modes of speech, very elliptical ; little is said, but much ig meant and understood. The notes of the eagle kind are shrill and piercing ; and about the season...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ...

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...See Spectator, No. 512. kind, is quite mute,* though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and like other ancient modes of speech,...little is said, but much is meant and understood, -jThe notes of the eagle kind are shrill and piercing ; and about the season of nidification much diversified,...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1842 - 342 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...piercing, and, about the season of nidification, much di* See Spectator, vol. vii, No. 518. versified, as I have been often assured by a curious observer...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1843 - 424 pages
...no bird, like the fish-kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...but much is meant and understood. The notes of the eagle-kind are shrill and piercing ; and about the season of nidification much diversified, as I have...
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The Natural History of Selborne, with Its Antiquities: Naturalist's Calendar ...

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1850 - 458 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent.* The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...but much is meant and understood. The notes of the eagle-kind are shrill and piercing ; and about the season of nidification much diversified, as I have...
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne: With Observations on ...

Gilbert White - Natural history - 1853 - 386 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent.t The language of birds is very ancient, and, like other ancient modes of speech,...but much is meant and understood. The notes of the eagle-kind are shrill and piercing ; and about the season of nidification much diversified, as I have...
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The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 4

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1858 - 798 pages
...no bird, like the fish kind, is quite mute, though some are rather silent. The language of birds is very ancient, and like other ancient modes of speech,...eagle kind are shrill and piercing, and, about the time of nidification, much diversified, as I have been assured by a curious observer of nature, who...
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