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... weeks ) to attain its de- velopment ; wherefore it is clear that under these circumstances the species could but ill manage to incubate its own . Let it be observed , that all the habits of this interesting bird are in accordance with ...
... weeks ) to attain its de- velopment ; wherefore it is clear that under these circumstances the species could but ill manage to incubate its own . Let it be observed , that all the habits of this interesting bird are in accordance with ...
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... weekly sent up to Loudon . It appears to thrive most upon a chalky soil , where it will attain considerable dimensions , especially when growing on a slope . Some very beautiful examples of it may be seen on that charming spot , the ...
... weekly sent up to Loudon . It appears to thrive most upon a chalky soil , where it will attain considerable dimensions , especially when growing on a slope . Some very beautiful examples of it may be seen on that charming spot , the ...
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... week in May , sometimes till even the second . Flocks of mavis , or song thrushes , too , I have observed till about the beginning of May , which , no doubt , were foreigners , and de- parted with the red - wings . By the time these ...
... week in May , sometimes till even the second . Flocks of mavis , or song thrushes , too , I have observed till about the beginning of May , which , no doubt , were foreigners , and de- parted with the red - wings . By the time these ...
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... weeks . They used to march about in a stately manner , feeding in Ноорое . the walks , many times in the day , and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at ...
... weeks . They used to march about in a stately manner , feeding in Ноорое . the walks , many times in the day , and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at ...
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... weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton - court . In the autumn , I could not help being much amused with those myriads of the swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But ...
... weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton - court . In the autumn , I could not help being much amused with those myriads of the swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But ...
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Page 258 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 337 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. . 8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen, and stand upright.
Page 4 - In the midst of this spot stood, in old times, a vast oak, with a short squat body, and huge horizontal arms extending almost to the extremity of the area. This venerable tree, surrounded with stone steps, and seats above them, was the delight of old and young, and a place of much resort in summer evenings, where the former sat in grave debate, while the latter frolicked and danced before them.
Page 187 - For it is supposed that a shrewmouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Page 179 - As the morning advanced the sun became bright and warm, and the day turned out one of those most lovely ones which no season but the autumn produces ; cloudless, calm, serene, and worthy of the South of France itself.
Page 180 - Every day in fine weather, in autumn chiefly, do I see those spiders shooting out their webs and mounting aloft: they will go off from your finger if you will take them into your hand. Last summer one alighted on my book as I was reading in the parlour ; and, running to the top of the page, and shooting out a web, took its departure from thence. But what I most wondered at was, that it went off with considerable velocity in a place where no air was stirring ; and I am sure that I did not assist it...
Page 1 - The covert of this eminence is altogether beech, the most lovely of all forest trees, whether we consider its smooth rind or bark, its glossy foliage, or graceful pendulous boughs.
Page 20 - Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and often bending, sip The circling surface.
Page 375 - And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12. And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
Page 222 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.