| Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pàgines
...twilight commences, or in the rooming, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, frpm the ideas which are naturally associated with them,...the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, hours after the family h&ve retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pàgines
...in the evening, as the dusk of twihght commences ; or in the morning, as soon as the dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, — hours after the family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pàgines
...the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences ; or in the morning, as soon as the dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, — hours after the family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant... | |
| Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pàgines
...twilight conttnences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary b»d, from the ideas which are naturally associated with...the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, hoius after 'he family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant... | |
| S. Waring - 1832 - 280 pàgines
...Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broken. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden-fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the... | |
| S. Waring - 1832 - 284 pàgines
...Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broken. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden-fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the... | |
| 1831 - 420 pàgines
...Kentucky I first heard this bird on the 14th of April, near the town of Danville. The notes of the solitary bird, from the ideas which are naturally...first they issue from some retired part of the woods, glen or mountain ; in a few evenings, perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pàgines
...Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences ; or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...are listened to by almost all with great interest. The notes seem pretty plainly to articulate the words, ' Whip-poor-will,' the first and last syllables... | |
| Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pàgines
...Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...them, seem like the voice of an old friend, and are i 3 listened to by almost all with great interest. At first they issue from some retired part of the... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 234 pàgines
...call in spring. His notes seem like the voice of an old friend, and are universally listened to with interest. At first they issue from some retired part...the woods, the glen or mountain. In a few evenings we hear them from the adjoining thicket, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from... | |
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