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For instance , we are told that on the 21st of June , house - martins , which had
laid their eggs in an old nest , had hatched them , and that when this is the case
they get the start of those that build new ones by ten days or a fortnight . He
speaks ...
For instance , we are told that on the 21st of June , house - martins , which had
laid their eggs in an old nest , had hatched them , and that when this is the case
they get the start of those that build new ones by ten days or a fortnight . He
speaks ...
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Oft on some evening , sunny , soft , and still , The Muse shall lead thee to the
beech - grown hill , To spend in tea the cool , refreshing hour , Where nods in air
the pensile , nest - like bower ; Or where the hermit hangs the straw - clad cell , +
...
Oft on some evening , sunny , soft , and still , The Muse shall lead thee to the
beech - grown hill , To spend in tea the cool , refreshing hour , Where nods in air
the pensile , nest - like bower ; Or where the hermit hangs the straw - clad cell , +
...
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Sooth'd by the genial warmth , the cawing rook Anticipates the spring , selects her
mate , Haunts her tall nest - trees , and with sedulous care Repairs her wicker
eyrie , tempest - torn . The ploughman inly smiles to see upturn His mellow glebe
...
Sooth'd by the genial warmth , the cawing rook Anticipates the spring , selects her
mate , Haunts her tall nest - trees , and with sedulous care Repairs her wicker
eyrie , tempest - torn . The ploughman inly smiles to see upturn His mellow glebe
...
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... and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous . So the ravens built
on , nest upon nest , in perfect security , till the fatal day arrived in which the wood
was to be levelled . It was in the month of February , when those birds usually sit .
... and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous . So the ravens built
on , nest upon nest , in perfect security , till the fatal day arrived in which the wood
was to be levelled . It was in the month of February , when those birds usually sit .
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I will relate it in her own words : “ A pair of swallows built their nest early in the
summer , close to the ironstay of a water - spout , running in the direction from my
bed - room window . I could observe their proceedings as I lay in bed , and also ...
I will relate it in her own words : “ A pair of swallows built their nest early in the
summer , close to the ironstay of a water - spout , running in the direction from my
bed - room window . I could observe their proceedings as I lay in bed , and also ...
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