The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 48
... pheasant , come to the age of manhood , feeds himself ; " onwards to the shadowless days - the long shadowless winter , for in winter it is the shadows we miss as much as the light . They lie over the summer sward , design upon design ...
... pheasant , come to the age of manhood , feeds himself ; " onwards to the shadowless days - the long shadowless winter , for in winter it is the shadows we miss as much as the light . They lie over the summer sward , design upon design ...
Page 140
... pheasants ; they may crouch in the fern and dry grey grass of the hedge thinking you do not see them , or else rush through and take wing on the opposite side . The only chance of a shot is as the bird passes a gap - visible while ...
... pheasants ; they may crouch in the fern and dry grey grass of the hedge thinking you do not see them , or else rush through and take wing on the opposite side . The only chance of a shot is as the bird passes a gap - visible while ...
Page 144
... Pheasant or partridge do not surprise in the least they are no more than any other bird ; but a hare causes quite a different feeling . He is per- fectly wild , unfed , untended , and then he is the largest animal to be shot in the ...
... Pheasant or partridge do not surprise in the least they are no more than any other bird ; but a hare causes quite a different feeling . He is per- fectly wild , unfed , untended , and then he is the largest animal to be shot in the ...
Page 168
... pheasant ; but I could not contrive to view the least portion of the neck . A moment afterwards the eye came up again , and the bird slightly moved its head , when I saw its beak , and knew it was a pheasant immediately . I then stepped ...
... pheasant ; but I could not contrive to view the least portion of the neck . A moment afterwards the eye came up again , and the bird slightly moved its head , when I saw its beak , and knew it was a pheasant immediately . I then stepped ...
Page 172
... pheasants , and the jays . One thing I missed - the corn . So quickly was the harvest gathered , that those who delight in the colour of the wheat had no time to enjoy it . If any painter had been looking forward to August to enable him ...
... pheasants , and the jays . One thing I missed - the corn . So quickly was the harvest gathered , that those who delight in the colour of the wheat had no time to enjoy it . If any painter had been looking forward to August to enable him ...
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