Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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Σελίδα 5
... SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES HERONS • BIRD MURDER MORE ABOUT BIRD MURDER THE SWALLOW AND ITS MIGRATIONS MY LITTLE TENANTS VARIETIES OF GROUSE • MORE ABOUT GROUSE AND MOOR - GAME BALENICEPS REX · A GOSSIP ABOUT PARROTS A GOSSIP ABOUT ...
... SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES HERONS • BIRD MURDER MORE ABOUT BIRD MURDER THE SWALLOW AND ITS MIGRATIONS MY LITTLE TENANTS VARIETIES OF GROUSE • MORE ABOUT GROUSE AND MOOR - GAME BALENICEPS REX · A GOSSIP ABOUT PARROTS A GOSSIP ABOUT ...
Σελίδα 35
... swans was found , not long ago , sitting in grand monumental attitude upon her eggs , in a retired nook of the little ... swan's life may have left her . But nobody knows why the stately matron had failed to lead forth a little fleet of ...
... swans was found , not long ago , sitting in grand monumental attitude upon her eggs , in a retired nook of the little ... swan's life may have left her . But nobody knows why the stately matron had failed to lead forth a little fleet of ...
Σελίδα 37
... SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES . POETICAL descriptions of " the silver Thames " always include swans ; and the descriptions are , in this feature , literally correct . Even in our days of sanitary drainage and bustling steamboats , the swans ...
... SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES . POETICAL descriptions of " the silver Thames " always include swans ; and the descriptions are , in this feature , literally correct . Even in our days of sanitary drainage and bustling steamboats , the swans ...
Σελίδα 39
... Voorst ) a most interesting account is given of the swans and swan - marks of the Crown , the City Companies , and other proprietors of the birds on the Thames . The tame or mute swan ( Cygnus olor ) is THE SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES . 39.
... Voorst ) a most interesting account is given of the swans and swan - marks of the Crown , the City Companies , and other proprietors of the birds on the Thames . The tame or mute swan ( Cygnus olor ) is THE SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES . 39.
Σελίδα 40
Francis Trevelyan Buckland. The tame or mute swan ( Cygnus olor ) is by far the most con- spicuous for its beauty and the elegance of its attitudes , which THE TAME SWAN . 2.GW. hobu seem as if purposely intended for display . Gliding ...
Francis Trevelyan Buckland. The tame or mute swan ( Cygnus olor ) is by far the most con- spicuous for its beauty and the elegance of its attitudes , which THE TAME SWAN . 2.GW. hobu seem as if purposely intended for display . Gliding ...
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Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
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 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.
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.