Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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Σελίδα 19
... cage a foot square to move in . Yet , perhaps the feeling is more natural than intelligent , for something may be said in favour of the capture . No right is violated by it , since dominion over the fowls of the air has been expressly ...
... cage a foot square to move in . Yet , perhaps the feeling is more natural than intelligent , for something may be said in favour of the capture . No right is violated by it , since dominion over the fowls of the air has been expressly ...
Σελίδα 28
... cage was placed outside the window . Bech- stein remarks upon these obstinate birds being the best singers . The female , as is the case with the other larks , is musical ; but her strains are shorter , and less sustained . In that ...
... cage was placed outside the window . Bech- stein remarks upon these obstinate birds being the best singers . The female , as is the case with the other larks , is musical ; but her strains are shorter , and less sustained . In that ...
Σελίδα 56
... cages containing some quarter of a hundred each . Its favourite haunts are the vineyards in the vine - growing countries , and it makes its appearance in swarms among the vines , just as the fruit buds are blossoming , about the middle ...
... cages containing some quarter of a hundred each . Its favourite haunts are the vineyards in the vine - growing countries , and it makes its appearance in swarms among the vines , just as the fruit buds are blossoming , about the middle ...
Σελίδα 107
... cage and general food . All birds , the parrot tribe particularly , like and require a roomy habitation . Without space for air and exercise , how can any animal thrive or be happy ? Let the cage be a circular one , large and strong ...
... cage and general food . All birds , the parrot tribe particularly , like and require a roomy habitation . Without space for air and exercise , how can any animal thrive or be happy ? Let the cage be a circular one , large and strong ...
Σελίδα 108
... cages . This is proved by the multitude of ailments to which they are subject in this country , and from some of which they never recover . They get gouty feet , become irritable , are liable to fits and con- vulsions , lose their ...
... cages . This is proved by the multitude of ailments to which they are subject in this country , and from some of which they never recover . They get gouty feet , become irritable , are liable to fits and con- vulsions , lose their ...
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Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 72 - 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.
Σελίδα 146 - 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.
Σελίδα 204 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Σελίδα 144 - 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 234 - 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.