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... less lively , and the bird somewhat less . Notwithstanding my utmost endeavours , I have never been able to discover their nest ; though , from the circumstance of having found them sometimes here in sum- mer , I am persuaded that they ...
... less lively , and the bird somewhat less . Notwithstanding my utmost endeavours , I have never been able to discover their nest ; though , from the circumstance of having found them sometimes here in sum- mer , I am persuaded that they ...
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... less than his true size , but in just proportion , and with a fi- delity that will enable the European naturalist to determine whether this be really the same with the great cinereous Shrike ( Lanius Excubitor , Linn . ) of the eastern ...
... less than his true size , but in just proportion , and with a fi- delity that will enable the European naturalist to determine whether this be really the same with the great cinereous Shrike ( Lanius Excubitor , Linn . ) of the eastern ...
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... less , may be a good bait all winter . " & c . & c . This is , indeed a very pretty fanciful theory , and would entitle our bird to the epithet fowler , perhaps with more pro- priety than lanius or butcher ; but , notwithstanding the ...
... less , may be a good bait all winter . " & c . & c . This is , indeed a very pretty fanciful theory , and would entitle our bird to the epithet fowler , perhaps with more pro- priety than lanius or butcher ; but , notwithstanding the ...
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... less certain . I have myself met Ameri- * On the 17th of January , 1802 , the mercury fell to 8.7 below 0 of Reaumur , which is about 11 degrees above 0 Fabt . cans and Englishmen labouring under pulmonary complaints , who came 14 ...
... less certain . I have myself met Ameri- * On the 17th of January , 1802 , the mercury fell to 8.7 below 0 of Reaumur , which is about 11 degrees above 0 Fabt . cans and Englishmen labouring under pulmonary complaints , who came 14 ...
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... however , ac- corded neither with his age , nor his previous studies , and he soon abandoned it , with the honorary title of colonel , for less dazzling , though more important services , in civil Declaration of Independence . 23.
... however , ac- corded neither with his age , nor his previous studies , and he soon abandoned it , with the honorary title of colonel , for less dazzling , though more important services , in civil Declaration of Independence . 23.
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Seite 517 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything, for I know it is but a play; and, if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet, if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Seite 517 - Partridge gave that credit to Mr Garrick which he had denied to Jones, and fell into so violent a trembling that his knees knocked against each other. Jones asked him what was the matter, and whether he was afraid of the warrior upon the stage ! ' O la ! sir," said he, ' I perceive now it is what you told me.
Seite 448 - THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall — A joy thou art, and a wealth to all! A bearer of hope unto land and sea...
Seite 404 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
Seite 383 - Salve regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, he made an impressive address to his crew. He pointed out the goodness of God in thus conducting them by soft and favoring breezes across a tranquil ocean, cheering their hopes continually with fresh signs, increasing as their fears augmented, and thus leading and guiding them to a promised land. He now reminded them of the orders he had given on leaving the Canaries, that, after sailing westward seven hundred leagues, they should not make sail after midnight.
Seite 384 - ... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ? or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies...
Seite 391 - ... the seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are content with so little, that in so large a country they have rather superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens; not intrenched with dykes, divided with hedges, or defended with walls.
Seite 448 - And it laugh'd into beauty at that bright spell. To the earth's wild places a guest thou art, Flushing the waste like the rose's heart; And thou scornest not from thy pomp to shed A tender smile on the ruin's head.
Seite 383 - Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in .sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance...
Seite 384 - Finding, however, that there was no attempt to pursue nor molest them, they gradually recovered from their terror, and approached the Spaniards with great awe ; frequently prostrating themselves on the earth, and making signs of adoration. During the...