Thoughts in my garden, ed. by E. Yates, with notes by the ed. and mrs. M. Collins, Band 1 |
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... owls . But their habits often vary : thus the robin- redbreast usually chooses a cavity in a bank or tree root ; but I know of a pair who at this moment are contentedly sitting in an old basket that hangs in an outhouse . April 21 ...
... owls . But their habits often vary : thus the robin- redbreast usually chooses a cavity in a bank or tree root ; but I know of a pair who at this moment are contentedly sitting in an old basket that hangs in an outhouse . April 21 ...
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... Owls . The Owl , to which I in its prime was a contributor , was , as everybody is aware , christened by inverting the initial letters of the name of that brilliant , but rather maniacal gentleman , L. W. Oliphant . The notion was ...
... Owls . The Owl , to which I in its prime was a contributor , was , as everybody is aware , christened by inverting the initial letters of the name of that brilliant , but rather maniacal gentleman , L. W. Oliphant . The notion was ...
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... owls certainly did wake up in the night and hoot in various keys ; and worse than that , they attracted other owls to the spot , who also hooted . One night we had to turn out and carry on quite a war with three vagrant owls who had ...
... owls certainly did wake up in the night and hoot in various keys ; and worse than that , they attracted other owls to the spot , who also hooted . One night we had to turn out and carry on quite a war with three vagrant owls who had ...
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... owl , for all his feathers , was a - cold . ' Mr. Well , I don't believe it will be much colder on St. Agnes ' Eve ( I ... owls that live in an apple - tree oppo- site my window blink at me as jollily as pos- sible , and evidently care ...
... owl , for all his feathers , was a - cold . ' Mr. Well , I don't believe it will be much colder on St. Agnes ' Eve ( I ... owls that live in an apple - tree oppo- site my window blink at me as jollily as pos- sible , and evidently care ...
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... owls - unaware that he thereby protects the multiplication of caterpillars and slugs and vermin . 3. There is the profes- sional birdcatcher , who picks up linnets and bullfinches and nightingales for sale in St. Martin's Lane , 172 ...
... owls - unaware that he thereby protects the multiplication of caterpillars and slugs and vermin . 3. There is the profes- sional birdcatcher , who picks up linnets and bullfinches and nightingales for sale in St. Martin's Lane , 172 ...
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Seite 221 - Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Foretell my hopeless doom, in some grove nigh; As thou from year to year hast sung too late For my relief, yet hadst no reason why. Whether the Muse or Love call thee his mate, Both them I serve, and of their train am I.
Seite 145 - St Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...
Seite 221 - O NIGHTINGALE that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love. O, if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Foretell my hopeless doom, in some grove nigh; As thou from year to year hast sung too late For...
Seite 71 - I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
Seite 182 - Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp. Thy age, like ours, O Soul of Sir John Cheke, Hated not learning worse than toad or asp, When thou taught'st Cambridge, and King Edward, Greek.
Seite 145 - Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold: Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious...
Seite 73 - Flumina amem silvasque inglorius. O ubi campi Spercheosque et virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta ! o qui me gelidis in vallibus Haemi Sistat, et ingenti ramorum protegat umbra ! Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, 490 Subjecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Seite 76 - a swarm in May is worth a load of hay ; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon ; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly...
Seite 138 - DÉJÀ plus d'une feuille sèche Parsème les gazons jaunis ; Soir et matin, la brise est fraîche, Hélas! les beaux jours sont finis!
Seite 189 - As for us the Ancients, we are content with the bee to pretend to nothing of our own, beyond our wings and our voice; that is to say, our flights and our language. For the rest, whatever we have got, has been by infinite labour and search, and ranging through every corner of nature. The difference is, that instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chose to fill our hives with honey and wax ; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are, sweetness and light.