...in^?o'nousness, n. t «• Swallows certainly sleep all the winter, as a number of themconglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lie in the bed of a river." — Johnson, in Boswell's Lije of Johnson. That swallows lie all winter...

...northern countries, is proved, because they have bcen observed at sea. Swallows certainly slcep all tho Θ t ^ V ! 0Rƫh>< \ D r h L]r Anj0 ... \QZ #Q /( & Rl c + K TqU H DB W m I 4\ R r ! k ؏: lie in the bed of a river.' He told us, one of his first essays was a Latin pocm upon the glow1 I should...

...woodcocks, (said he,) fly over to the northern countries, is proved, because they have been observed at sea. Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number...themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river." He told us one of his first essays was a Latin poem upon the glow-worm. I am sorry I did not ask where...

...water. Wefley, i, 281, ed. of 1777. Swallows certainly deep all the winter. A number of them conglobate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themfelves under the water, and lye in the bed of a river. Dr. Johnfon, in Bofwell. 1Startling Facts...

...emphatic style, asserted that swallows certainly do sleep all the winter. A number of them, he says, conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throwing themselves under water, lie in the bed of the river. In such a case we fancy there must have...

...the language of the day, natural philosophers, may be gathered from Johnson's magniloquent opinion, ' Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number...then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lie in the bed of a river.'23 Curiously enough, Goldsmith is a little more cautions : ' There is a...

...the language of the day, natural philosophers, may be gathered from Johnson's magniloquent opinion, ' Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number...then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lie in the bed of a river.'23 Curiously enough, Goldsmith is a little more cautions : ' There is a...

...as correct as many other of the Doctor's famous dicta. " Swallows," says Dr. Johnson, " certainly do sleep all the winter. A number of them conglobulate...then, all in a heap, throw themselves under water and lie in the bed of a river." The truth appears to be that by far the larger portion of them migrate...

...the mud. Dr. Johnson in his usual dogmatic style, once remarked in the course of conversation — " Swallows certainly sleep all the winter, a number of them conglobulate together by flying round and rount, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water and lie in the bed of a river." And Gilbert...

...woodcocks," said he, " fly over the northern countries is proved, because they have been observed at sea. Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number...then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lie in the bed of a river." ' He told us, one of his first essays was a Latin poem upon the glowworm...