| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 pągines
...it, " lie bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover or recal, his very soul, which expired in the last elevated strain." While thus exerting...their mates ; or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the Sparrowhawk.' pp. 205. The description... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pągines
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him; but whose notes be exactly imitates: even birds themselves are frequently...thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. " The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pągines
...beautifully expressed it, " He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover or recall his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain."*...this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calk of their mates ; or dive, with precipitation, into the depth of thickets, at the scream of what... | |
| 1832 - 478 pągines
...tribes had assembled together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect ; — eo perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives...their mates ; or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk." Female, Education and... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 410 pągines
...sight, would suppose that the whole feathered tribe had assembled together, on * Travels, p. 32, Introd. a trial of skill ; each striving to produce his utmost...thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. " The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 406 pągines
...assembled together, on * Travels, p. 32, Introd. a trial of skill ; each striving to produce li is utmost effect ; so perfect are his imitations. He...thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. " The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pągines
...he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy; he mounts or descends as his song swells or dies away." " While thus exerting himself, a bystander, destitute...thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. " The Mocking Bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In... | |
| 1852 - 670 pągines
...that perhaps are not with-in miles of him, bnt whose notes he exactly imi-tates: even birds vhemselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calle of their male, or dive with precipitation into the depth of the thickets, at the scream of what... | |
| 1839 - 534 pągines
...the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy; he mounts and descends. as his song swells and dies away ; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. ' The Mocking Bird loses... | |
| 1839 - 1032 pągines
...does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy; he mounts and descends as his song swells and dies away ; and, as my friend Mr. Bartram has beautifully...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. ' The Mocking Bird loses... | |
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