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" To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished !... "
THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES - Page 405
by R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885
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A Plea for the Dumb Creation: Being Selections from the British Workman & C

1869 - 214 pages
...our Father" is near. IT wins my admiration To view the structure of that little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well ; within, without, No tool had he that...beak was all; And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hands With every implement and means of art Could make me such another ? Fondly then We boast of excellence,...
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The Gentleman's journal, Volume 1

1869 - 646 pages
...Noriue to joifl; ¿us little beak was all, And yet hew neatly finished I Wlmt nice band, With e v'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship to boot, Could moke me such another ? Fondly then We boost of excellence, whose noblest sliill a Instinctive genius...
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The story of Arthur Hunter and his first shilling, with other tales

Catharine Crowe - 1870 - 214 pages
...found an engraving of a bird's nest, accompanied by the following lines : "Behold a bird•s nest! Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that...nice hand, With every implement, and means of art. Could compass such another f " It may be supposed that it was some time before Arthur could read these...
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Home chat with our young folks

Clara L. Matéaux - 1870 - 274 pages
...building. She puts on one layer of mud, and leaves that to dry before she brings M " A bird's nest : mark it well, within, without — No tool had he that...little beak was all — And yet how neatly finished ! " more. So it takes her some time, perhaps a fortnight, before her establishment is ready ; but when...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor).

1870 - 972 pages
...are more wonderful, are so wonderful; he who wrought it had no tool, no knife to cut, no nail to fix, no glue to join, his little beak was all —and yet how neatly finished. No long years of apprenticeship, and all aids of took and appliances to boot, could not, in your hands...
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The Fifth Reader, Book 5

Lewis Baxter Monroe - American literature - 1871 - 342 pages
...day. But most of all, it wins my admiration To view the structure of this little work, A bird's-nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that...apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another? IV. Mark the bee ; She, too, an artist is, — a cunning artist, Who at the roof begins her golden...
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Natural History: Exhibiting in a Series of Delightful Anecdotes and ...

William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...propriety, that would foil all the boasted talents of man to imitate. Hark it well, within, wi I limit : No tool had he that wrought; no knife to cut, No nail...join ; his little beak was all. And yet, how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship...
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The Bird Fancier's Companion: Or, Natural History of Cage Birds; Their Food

Charles Reiche - Cage birds - 1871 - 78 pages
...,, But most of all it wins my admiration, To wiew the structure of this little work, A bird's Nest. Mark it well, within, without : No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No neil to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join : his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finished!...
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The Bird Fancier's Companion: Or, Natural History of Cage Birds; Their Food

Charles Reiche - Cage birds - 1871 - 84 pages
...„ But most of all it wins my admiration, To wiew the structure of this little work, A bird's Nest. Mark it well, within, without : No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No neil to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join : his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finished...
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The Canary, Its Varieties, Management and Breeding, with Portraits of ...

Francis Smith - Birds - 1872 - 190 pages
..."But most of all, it wins my admiration, To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he...apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another ? Fondly, then, We boast of excellence, whose noblest skill Instinctive genius foils." CHAPTER XVI....
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