 ... world. It may truly be called the bird of paradise; and had it existed in the old world, it would have claimed the title instead of the bird which has now the honour to bear it : — see it darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! —...  Humming Birds, Described and Illustrated - Pàgina ixper Henry Gardiner Adams - 1856 - 144 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pàgines
...of the bird which has now the honour to bear it : — see it darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face...topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold ! It would be arrogant to pretend to describe this winged gem of nature after Buff on' s elegant description... | |
 | 1826 - 626 pàgines
...the old world, the bird of paradise. ' See it,' says he, ' darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face...topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold !' This seeking of ' silver dew,' or honey dew, on which it is supposed to feed, is an erroneous notion... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 pàgines
...the old world, the bird of paradise. ' See it,' says he, ' darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face! — in an mstant gone ! — now it flutters from flower to flower to sip the silver dew — it is now a ruby... | |
 | Anne Knight - 1831 - 164 pàgines
...now the honour to bear it. See it darting through the air, almost as quickly as a glance of the mind! Now it is within a yard of your face — in an instant it is gone! Now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip the nectarian dew ; it is now a ruby —... | |
 | Georges-Bernard Depping - 1833 - 282 pàgines
...the bird which now has the honour to bear it : — see it starting through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face ! — in an instant it is gone ! — now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip the silver dew : it is now a ruby —... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1833 - 588 pàgines
...birds display, and this in various colours : to use the words of Mr. Waterton (Vol. V. p. 475.), " now a ruby, now a topaz, now an emerald, » . now all burnished gold ; " and now, we may add, ns though, in the words of that real naturalist, the poet Cunningham, " Burnish'd... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 698 pàgines
...observation, quoted in. our V. 475. : — " See it [the humming-bird] darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! Now it is within a yard of your face...flutters from flower to flower, to sip the silver dew," &c. From these expressions, we may learn that, while Mr. Waterton has taught that the liuniniing-birds... | |
 | Charles Waterton - 1836 - 362 pàgines
...which has now the honour to bear it:—see it darting through the air almost as quick as thought!—now it is within a yard of your face !—in an instant...flower to flower to sip the silver dew— it is now a ruby—now a topaz—now an emerald— now all burnished gold! It would be arrogant to pretend to describe... | |
 | Orphan - 1841 - 186 pàgines
...darts through the air almost as quick as thought ; now within a yard of your fire ! in an instant it is gone ! now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip...is now a ruby ! now a topaz ! now an emerald ! now burnished gold !' " This is indeed a beautiful description of your favourites," said Mr Thompson, "... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - 1843 - 548 pàgines
...flutters and shifts its position to the sun, all the colours of the rainbow, in exquisite combination— now a ruby, now a topaz, now an emerald, now all burnished gold. " On their restless fronts Bear stars illumination of all gems." Some of them are not larger than a... | |
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