Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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... living from the river- washed mud of an unctuous soil . A cross between the wild and tame duck makes a good variety , pretty and ornamental to look at , and excellent for the table . The nearer the sea , the more the duck tastes of fish ...
... living from the river- washed mud of an unctuous soil . A cross between the wild and tame duck makes a good variety , pretty and ornamental to look at , and excellent for the table . The nearer the sea , the more the duck tastes of fish ...
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... living writers , Walter Thornbury , used as a lesson of safe humility . " Three foot in the pleasant corn , Full three foot in the corn , The lark has sought his nest at night , To shelter in till morn . " Yes , deep below the sun and ...
... living writers , Walter Thornbury , used as a lesson of safe humility . " Three foot in the pleasant corn , Full three foot in the corn , The lark has sought his nest at night , To shelter in till morn . " Yes , deep below the sun and ...
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... living in a wooded part of the country , where these birds are found , might thus easily tame a couple . Ours became so sociable , that they would often set up their short note when they saw one of us come out of the door of the house ...
... living in a wooded part of the country , where these birds are found , might thus easily tame a couple . Ours became so sociable , that they would often set up their short note when they saw one of us come out of the door of the house ...
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... living bird , because it is covered by the outer plumage , which con- sists of large closely set feathers . Distinguished from the tame swan , not indeed in general habits , but in size and several important anatomical characters , the ...
... living bird , because it is covered by the outer plumage , which con- sists of large closely set feathers . Distinguished from the tame swan , not indeed in general habits , but in size and several important anatomical characters , the ...
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... and repudiates the covenant under which God has made him master of the world— the covenant being , that he should exercise the duty of humanity towards every living creature ; he imagines that the songsters 60 BIRDS AND BIRD - LIFE .
... and repudiates the covenant under which God has made him master of the world— the covenant being , that he should exercise the duty of humanity towards every living creature ; he imagines that the songsters 60 BIRDS AND BIRD - LIFE .
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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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!
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.