Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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Página 26
... gives it energy , love gave it birth . Where , on thy dewy wing , Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven , thy love is on earth . " O'er fell and fountain sheen , O'er moor and mountain green , O'er the red streamer that ...
... gives it energy , love gave it birth . Where , on thy dewy wing , Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven , thy love is on earth . " O'er fell and fountain sheen , O'er moor and mountain green , O'er the red streamer that ...
Página 31
... give force to his blows , catching the chips as he strikes them off . The tomtit , however , hangs on , and nibbles away gently , swallowing each morsel as he bites it into his mouth . The strung nuts were indeed nuts to him ; he ate ...
... give force to his blows , catching the chips as he strikes them off . The tomtit , however , hangs on , and nibbles away gently , swallowing each morsel as he bites it into his mouth . The strung nuts were indeed nuts to him ; he ate ...
Página 38
... gives the following pleasant account in one of his delightful letters : - " In my garden , on the banks of this lovely river , I found a spring of the clearest water , that echoes through my grotto day and night . From the river you see ...
... gives the following pleasant account in one of his delightful letters : - " In my garden , on the banks of this lovely river , I found a spring of the clearest water , that echoes through my grotto day and night . From the river you see ...
Página 43
... give successful combat to animals , and even man , when protecting its young . The swan makes her nest in the midst of reeds or osiers , near the water , and often on a small island ; it is constructed of a mass of twigs or stalks ...
... give successful combat to animals , and even man , when protecting its young . The swan makes her nest in the midst of reeds or osiers , near the water , and often on a small island ; it is constructed of a mass of twigs or stalks ...
Página 60
... give the reader some adequate idea of its severity . Far worse , however , than such open hostility , fatal as it is , is the practice which has lately sprung up , of destroying birds indiscriminately and by wholesale , with poisoned ...
... give the reader some adequate idea of its severity . Far worse , however , than such open hostility , fatal as it is , is the practice which has lately sprung up , of destroying birds indiscriminately and by wholesale , with poisoned ...
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Términos y frases comunes
animals appearance autumn aviary beak beautiful Bewick's swan bill black grouse breed brood cage called canary capercaillie chaffinch colour creatures crested grebe cuckoo dabchick delight dodo ducks eggs favourite feathers feed feet female flight flocks garden grey ground habits hatched hawk head heard herons hippopotamus humming bird ibis insects lark Leadenhall Market leaves linnet living London look magpie moorlands morning musical mute swan natural naturalist neck nest never night nightingale nuthatch observed once ornithologists ostrich pair parrots perch pigeons plumage pretty ptarmigan quail raven red grouse redbreast remarkable robin rookery rooks season seen shot side sing skylark small birds song soon sparrows species specimen spot spring starlings summer swallow swan tail tenants thou trees turkey twigs uttered voice watch wild window wings winter woods young birds
Pasajes populares
Página 70 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Página 144 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Página 202 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Página 142 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
Página 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Página 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Página 232 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Página 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Página 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.