The Ornithology of Shakespeare: Critically Examined, Explained, and IllustratedJohn van Voorst, 1871 - 321 Seiten |
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... " -- Jesses , Bells , and Hood.- An Unmann'd Hawk . -The Cadge - The Hawk's Mew . - The Royal Mews . - Origin of the word Mews . " - Imping . -How to " Seel " a Hawk . - A Hawk for the " Bush . - Going " a - birding . "
... " -- Jesses , Bells , and Hood.- An Unmann'd Hawk . -The Cadge - The Hawk's Mew . - The Royal Mews . - Origin of the word Mews . " - Imping . -How to " Seel " a Hawk . - A Hawk for the " Bush . - Going " a - birding . "
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... Origin of the Two Names . - The " Musket " or Sparrow - Hawk . - Hawk and Hern- shaw . Prices of Hawks . - Hawk's Furniture . - Hawk's Meat . - Fal- coner's Wages . - Sundries PAGE 49 CHAPTER III . THE OWL AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . " The ...
... Origin of the Two Names . - The " Musket " or Sparrow - Hawk . - Hawk and Hern- shaw . Prices of Hawks . - Hawk's Furniture . - Hawk's Meat . - Fal- coner's Wages . - Sundries PAGE 49 CHAPTER III . THE OWL AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . " The ...
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... origin mainly to three causes . Firstly , Shakespeare had a good practical knowledge of Falconry , a pastime which , being much in vogue in his day , brought under his notice , almost of necessity , many wild birds , exclusive of the ...
... origin mainly to three causes . Firstly , Shakespeare had a good practical knowledge of Falconry , a pastime which , being much in vogue in his day , brought under his notice , almost of necessity , many wild birds , exclusive of the ...
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... origin to the word " mews , " the place where the hawks were confined : - - " To - night she's mew'd up . ' Romeo and Juliet , Act iii . Sc . 4 . Gremio , speaking of Bianca to Signor Baptista , says , — ' Why , will you mew her ...
... origin to the word " mews , " the place where the hawks were confined : - - " To - night she's mew'd up . ' Romeo and Juliet , Act iii . Sc . 4 . Gremio , speaking of Bianca to Signor Baptista , says , — ' Why , will you mew her ...
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... the place into stables . The name , however , confirmed by the usage of so long a period , remained to the building , although , after the hawks were K withdrawn , it became inapplicable . But , what is ORIGIN OF THE WORD ( 6 65 MEW . "
... the place into stables . The name , however , confirmed by the usage of so long a period , remained to the building , although , after the hawks were K withdrawn , it became inapplicable . But , what is ORIGIN OF THE WORD ( 6 65 MEW . "
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alluded allusion amongst ancient animal appears Barnacle beak bird BRITISH caliver called choughs cock colour cormorants crow cuckoo curious Cymbeline daye paied doth doubt eagle eggs England falcon falconry Falstaff feathers fish flight Foolscap 8vo fowl frequently goose goshawk gull habits Hamlet hath hawk Henry heron iiij Julius Cæsar King Lear kite lark Lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth mentioned Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night's Dream NATURAL HISTORY naturalist nest nightingale noticed observed Ornithology partridge passage peacock pece pelican pheasants pigeons poet portrait Post 8vo prey raven referred Richard Richard II Roman Romeo and Juliet Royal 8vo says Second Edition Shakespeare Shakespeare's day Shrew sing song sparrow speaking species sport swallow swan Taming Tempest thee thou Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night viij vols vulture wild wild-fowl wings Winter's Tale woodcock word wren young
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Seite 3 - What have we here ? a man or a fish ? dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish ; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of not of the newest Poor-John.
Seite 10 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Seite 135 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Seite 95 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit ; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Seite 143 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Seite 168 - Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day ; and at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Seite 18 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring...
Seite 152 - And cuckoo-buds, of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight ; The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he :Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Seite 129 - How use doth breed a habit in a man ! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than flourishing peopled towns : Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingale's complaining notes, Tune my distresses, and record
Seite 132 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.