Cage and Chamber-birds: Their Natural History, Habits, Food, Diseases, Management, and Modes of CaptureG. Bell and Sons, 1885 - 500 pages |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Cage and Chamber-birds: Their Natural History, Habits, Food, Diseases ... Johann Matthäus Bechstein Affichage du livre entier - 1881 |
Cage and Chamber-birds: Their Natural History, Habits, Food, Diseases ... Johann Matthäus Bechstein Affichage du livre entier - 1856 |
Cage and Chamber-birds; Their Natural History, Habits, Food, Diseases ... J M Bechstein,H G Adams Aucun aperçu disponible - 2023 |
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Page 312 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! — that love-prompted strain — 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond — Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 312 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below.