| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...elector of Cologne's hawks thirty-five years before. CHAP. VI. Of the Bittern or Mire-drum. J. HOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of...rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...CHAP. VI. ..] . , i Of the Bittern or Mire-drum. JL HOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgv sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 498 pages
...-f.ii I.! ,: ,*:,iI. OF THE BITTERN OR MIRE DRUM'I" ' .' ." . ' . ,TTrT . . . .::,: .i'M' v l'i '' THoSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrei- ' quented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water . fowl ; the loud scream... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 452 pages
...the elector of Cologne's hawks thirtyfive years before. CHAPTER VI. • Of the Bittern or Mire- Drum. THOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides...from different water- fowl; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing, and the tremulous neighing of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...importing, that it had been struck by the elector of Cologne's hawks thirty-five years before. CHAP. VI. OF THE BITTERN, OR MIRE-DRUM. THOSE, who have...rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild-goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing,... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pages
...former ;, it also appears to have a strong attachment to the neighbourhood of the ocean. — Wilson. THOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides...rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different waterfowl: the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing,... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pages
...though it may possibly * Ornith.by Ray, p. 283. be somewhat tinged with poetry. " Those," says he, " who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of...rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lap-wing,... | |
| George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pages
...cinereous. At this season the male makes a singular bellowing noise. * Those who have walked in a summer's evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild-goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing,... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 pages
...Rennie describes it in a very picturesque manner. ' Those,' he says, ' who have walked in a sum' mer's evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented ' rivers must remember a variety of notes from differ' ent water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, ' the croaking of the mallard, the whining... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 406 pages
...though it may possibly * Ornith. by Ray, p. 283. be somewhat tinged with poetry. "Those," says he, " who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of...rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lap-wing,... | |
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