 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 Seiten
...HUMMING BIRD. TROCHILRCS COLTJRIS, Linn. PLATE XLVII. MALE, FEMALE, AND YOUNG. WHERE is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving...flower to another, with motions as graceful as they are lightand airy, pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 Seiten
...show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow." WILSON. s " Where," says Audubon, " is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving...graceful as they are light and airy, pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen ; — where is the person,... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 Seiten
...death and the grave. — Burns. LESSON XXXIX. The Humming Bird. — AUDUBO.V. 1 WHERE is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving...graceful as they are light and airy, pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen ; — where is the person,... | |
 | 1862 - 908 Seiten
...person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving on humming wings through the air, hanging as if by magic in it, flitting from one flower to...graceful as they are light and airy, pursuing its course over the vast American continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen, — where is the person... | |
 | William Jardine - 1845 - 424 Seiten
...eolubris, Lesson, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseauxmouchei, pis. Ixviii. 4 is, p. 151. " WHERB is the person, who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving...graceful as they are light and airy, pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen — where is the person,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 374 Seiten
...up'wud for uplward; 10. nus'lings for nurs'lings. THE HUMMING-BIRD.' J. AUDOBON. 1. WHERE is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature, moving on humming winglets through the air, suspended in it as if by magic, flitting from one flower to another with motions as graceful as they are light... | |
 | 1851 - 534 Seiten
...descriptions; we give it as an example of tenderness and delicacy of touch :— ' Where is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving...flower to another, with motions as graceful as they are bright and airy, pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever... | |
 | 1851 - 538 Seiten
...descriptions ; we give it as an example of tenderness and delicacy of touch : — ' Where is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving on humming winglets through the air, suspended as it' by magic in it, flitting from one flower to another, with motions as graceful as they are bright... | |
 | 1853 - 454 Seiten
...name is attributable." "Where is the person, inquires Audnbon, the celebrated American naturalist, who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving...graceful as they are light and airy, pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen ¡ where is the person,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1856 - 108 Seiten
...advances of the season, and retreating with equal care at the approach of autumn. Where is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving on humming winglets through the air, suspended, as by magic, on it; flitting from one flower to another, with motions as graceful as they are light and... | |
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is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving on humming wing-lets through the air, suspended as if by magic in it, flitting from one flower to another with motions as graceful as they are light and airy, pursuing its course over our... 
