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... birds escape , 15 the futility of birds ' efforts to escape from lime twigs , 16 the kinship of " birds of a feather , " and the unhappiness of caged birds.18 The expression “ Bridewell birds " ( jailbirds ) 1o certainly implies the ...
... birds escape , 15 the futility of birds ' efforts to escape from lime twigs , 16 the kinship of " birds of a feather , " and the unhappiness of caged birds.18 The expression “ Bridewell birds " ( jailbirds ) 1o certainly implies the ...
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... birds which the folklore of the natural histories had stressed for certain traits admirable in man were selected for use in heraldry . The characteristics of each beast or bird so chosen became as conventional as did its heraldic ...
... birds which the folklore of the natural histories had stressed for certain traits admirable in man were selected for use in heraldry . The characteristics of each beast or bird so chosen became as conventional as did its heraldic ...
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... birds to marshal their forces and make war upon the fishes . " An old goshawke for general was appointed , for Marshall of the field , a Sparhawke " ; and “ of the rest euery one " was appointed " to that place by nature hee was most ...
... birds to marshal their forces and make war upon the fishes . " An old goshawke for general was appointed , for Marshall of the field , a Sparhawke " ; and “ of the rest euery one " was appointed " to that place by nature hee was most ...
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| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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