The natural history of Selborne, arranged for young persons [by G. Ellis].1833 |
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... roost a little before sunset . An observing gentleman in London writes me word , that he saw a house - martin , on the 23rd of last October , flying in and out of its nest in the Borough ; and I myself , on the 29th of last Octo- ber ...
... roost a little before sunset . An observing gentleman in London writes me word , that he saw a house - martin , on the 23rd of last October , flying in and out of its nest in the Borough ; and I myself , on the 29th of last Octo- ber ...
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... roost on the ground . They are seen to come in flocks just before it is dark , and to settle and nestle among the heath on our forest . And besides , the larkers , in dragging their nets by night , frequently catch them in the wheat ...
... roost on the ground . They are seen to come in flocks just before it is dark , and to settle and nestle among the heath on our forest . And besides , the larkers , in dragging their nets by night , frequently catch them in the wheat ...
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... roost in the tallest beeches . Could it be known in what manner stock - doves build , the doubt would be settled with me at once , provided they construct their nests on trees , like the ring - dove , as I much suspect they do . You ...
... roost in the tallest beeches . Could it be known in what manner stock - doves build , the doubt would be settled with me at once , provided they construct their nests on trees , like the ring - dove , as I much suspect they do . You ...
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... roost * . These are the principal cir- cumstances relating to this wonderful internal mi- gration , which with us takes place towards the end * Some old sportsmen say that the main part of these flocks used to withdraw as soon as the ...
... roost * . These are the principal cir- cumstances relating to this wonderful internal mi- gration , which with us takes place towards the end * Some old sportsmen say that the main part of these flocks used to withdraw as soon as the ...
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... roost - trees on an evening , " Their rising all at once was like the sound Of thunder heard remote . " It will by no means be foreign to the present purpose to add , that I had a relation in this neigh- bourhood who made it a practice ...
... roost - trees on an evening , " Their rising all at once was like the sound Of thunder heard remote . " It will by no means be foreign to the present purpose to add , that I had a relation in this neigh- bourhood who made it a practice ...
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Page 71 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 26 - Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and often bending, sip The circling surface.
Page 130 - Virgil, as a familiar occurrence, by way of simile, describes a dove haunting the cavern of a rock in such engaging numbers, that I cannot refrain from quoting the passage : and John Dryden has rendered it so happily in our language, that without...
Page 9 - The saw was applied to the but, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle, or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and, though...
Page 166 - Nothing can be more assiduous than this creature night and day in scooping the earth and forcing its great body into the cavity ; but as the noons of that season proved unusually warm and sunny, it was continually interrupted, and called forth by the heat in the middle of the day ; and though I continued there till the 13th of November, yet the work remained unfinished.
Page 40 - ... with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovering to what part it belonged. It was so compact and well filled, that it would roll across the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
Page 264 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 312 - July 20, inclusive, during which period the wind varied to every quarter, without making any alteration in the air. The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rust-coloured ferruginous light on the ground and floors of rooms ; but was particularly lurid and bloodcoloured at rising and setting. All the time the heat was so intense that butchers...
Page 157 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Page 80 - Amusive birds ! - say where your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempests beat; Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature is your secret guide!