The Young Naturalist's Book of Birds: Anecdotes of the Feathered CreationJoseph Rickerby, 1838 - 168 من الصفحات |
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... , he stole so close that his feet were within a yard of the horse's legs , and again sat down . They all slid aloof a short distance , but seeing him quiet they soon returned as before . As they were THE EAGLE AND VULTURE . 11.
... , he stole so close that his feet were within a yard of the horse's legs , and again sat down . They all slid aloof a short distance , but seeing him quiet they soon returned as before . As they were THE EAGLE AND VULTURE . 11.
الصفحة 12
... legs and heads covered with blood , presented a most savage aspect . Still as the dogs advanced , he would order them away , which seemed to gratify the vultures , and one would pursue another to within a foot or two of the spot where ...
... legs and heads covered with blood , presented a most savage aspect . Still as the dogs advanced , he would order them away , which seemed to gratify the vultures , and one would pursue another to within a foot or two of the spot where ...
الصفحة 48
... legs nor wings , I have seen them skim along the water faster than our shallop could go . The flesh of this bird is pretty good eating , if the fat is taken away , and they are cooked with butter . It was on the twenty - third of May ...
... legs nor wings , I have seen them skim along the water faster than our shallop could go . The flesh of this bird is pretty good eating , if the fat is taken away , and they are cooked with butter . It was on the twenty - third of May ...
الصفحة 55
... legs . I have heard that the same is practised in the country here , but with the differ- ence that the sportsman puts a pumpkin on his head instead of sea - weed . A similar contrivance made use of by another more distant people may ...
... legs . I have heard that the same is practised in the country here , but with the differ- ence that the sportsman puts a pumpkin on his head instead of sea - weed . A similar contrivance made use of by another more distant people may ...
الصفحة 60
... legs in one of eight nooses that hung suspended five feet from the ground against the wall , over a long trough on the floor to catch the blood . The third boy's business was simple and sanguinary , ―merely that of cutting throats . Of ...
... legs in one of eight nooses that hung suspended five feet from the ground against the wall , over a long trough on the floor to catch the blood . The third boy's business was simple and sanguinary , ―merely that of cutting throats . Of ...
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الصفحة 72 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
الصفحة 35 - Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
الصفحة 20 - I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent : in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it : and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar : and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing ; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
الصفحة 106 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
الصفحة 6 - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below ; the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy...
الصفحة xii - They summ'd their pens ; and, soaring the air sublime, With clang despised the ground, under a cloud In prospect : there the eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build : Part loosely wing the region ; part, more wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight...
الصفحة 18 - And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
الصفحة 72 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
الصفحة 131 - A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But...
الصفحة 7 - By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. " Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the...