| 1872 - 264 páginas
...descends as his song swells or dies away ; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully expressed it, " he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as...destitute of sight would suppose that the whole feathered tribe had assembled together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, so perfect... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 páginas
...descends as his song swells or dies away; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully expressed it, 'he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as...soul, expired in the last elevated strain.' While thus oserting himself, a bystander, destitute of sight, would suppose that the whole feathered tribes had... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 páginas
...descends as his song swells or dies away; and as my friend Mr. Bartratn has beautifully expressed it, '' He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover or recall his very soul, expiredin the last elevated strain." While thus exerting himself, a bystander destitute of sight would... | |
| 1875 - 558 páginas
...he mounts and descends as his eong swells or dies away, and, as it has been beautifully expressed, "he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as...soul, expired in the last elevated strain." While exerting himself, > bystander, destitute of sight, would suppose that the whole feathered 'ribe had... | |
| John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 páginas
...action is no less fascinating than his song. He sweeps around with enthusiastic ecstacy ; he mounts and descends, as his song swells or dies away ; he bounds...his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain. 7. A bystander might suppose that the whole feathered tribe had assembled together on a trial of skill... | |
| London readers - 1878 - 344 páginas
...descends as his song swells or dies away ; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully expressed it, " He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as...destitute of sight would suppose that the whole feathered tribe had assembled together, on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, so perfect... | |
| National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 692 páginas
...descends ns his song swells and dies away; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully expressed it, " He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover 01 recall his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain." While thus exerting himself, a bystander,... | |
| Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 páginas
...he mounts and descends as his song swells or dies away, and, as one has beautifully expressed it, " he bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recall his very soul which expired in the last elevated strain." 5. While thus exerting himself, a... | |
| 1883 - 456 páginas
...descends as his song swells or dies away ; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully expressed it, " He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as...his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain. " 6. While thus exerting himself, a bystander destitute of sight would suppose that the whole feathered... | |
| Edward Augustus Samuels - 1883 - 666 páginas
...descends as his song swells or dies away ; and, as my friend Mr. Bertram has beautifully expressed it, ' He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as...recall his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain.'1 While thus exerting himself, a bystander destitute of sight would suppose that the whole... | |
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