Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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Página 8
... looks upon his trusty long gun , hanging rusty and unused over the cottage fire , and talks of the times when " she used to bring down sufficient birds on a single night to sink his boat level with the water . Better fire - arms have ...
... looks upon his trusty long gun , hanging rusty and unused over the cottage fire , and talks of the times when " she used to bring down sufficient birds on a single night to sink his boat level with the water . Better fire - arms have ...
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... look after , and as the biped dandy has to dress his whiskers , so Mr. Mallard also has to keep the two jaunty curling feathers in his tail in order , and to get them into curl again after they have got relaxed by the night dews . Mrs ...
... look after , and as the biped dandy has to dress his whiskers , so Mr. Mallard also has to keep the two jaunty curling feathers in his tail in order , and to get them into curl again after they have got relaxed by the night dews . Mrs ...
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... look for their suppers as usual . This , it is to be remembered , is the life of a " gentleman duck , who lives in a fine preserve . The poor vagabond duck , who has no regular home , does not fare nearly so well . The ducks are well ...
... look for their suppers as usual . This , it is to be remembered , is the life of a " gentleman duck , who lives in a fine preserve . The poor vagabond duck , who has no regular home , does not fare nearly so well . The ducks are well ...
Página 12
... look at , and excellent for the table . The nearer the sea , the more the duck tastes of fish ; and ducks shot out at sea are so " fishy " that they cannot be eaten at all . Ducks that live by clear streams , or moorlands watered by ...
... look at , and excellent for the table . The nearer the sea , the more the duck tastes of fish ; and ducks shot out at sea are so " fishy " that they cannot be eaten at all . Ducks that live by clear streams , or moorlands watered by ...
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... look about , wondering what it meant . Presently they espied the fresh arrangement , and after a little hesitation would light on the board for a moment , chip a morsel off and then wait to see whether any harm followed . Finding none ...
... look about , wondering what it meant . Presently they espied the fresh arrangement , and after a little hesitation would light on the board for a moment , chip a morsel off and then wait to see whether any harm followed . Finding none ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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.