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... arrival here in the fall . They then associate with the different species of the Titmouse and the Golden - crested wren ; and are particularly numerous in the month of Octo- ber and beginning of November in orchards , among the de ...
... arrival here in the fall . They then associate with the different species of the Titmouse and the Golden - crested wren ; and are particularly numerous in the month of Octo- ber and beginning of November in orchards , among the de ...
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... arrive to its assistance , had already strangled and scalped it , though he lost his liberty by the exploit . In short , I am of opinion , that his resolution and activity are amply sufficient The Great American Shrike . 5.
... arrive to its assistance , had already strangled and scalped it , though he lost his liberty by the exploit . In short , I am of opinion , that his resolution and activity are amply sufficient The Great American Shrike . 5.
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... arrival in the country round Hudson's Bay , but soon be- come silent ; make their nests on trees , at a small height from the ground , with sticks , and line it with feathers . The female lays four white eggs , which are hatched in June ...
... arrival in the country round Hudson's Bay , but soon be- come silent ; make their nests on trees , at a small height from the ground , with sticks , and line it with feathers . The female lays four white eggs , which are hatched in June ...
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... minister plenipo- tentiary to France in 1782 , but before he sailed , intelligence arrived that preliminaries of peace between Great Britain and the United States had been signed , and his 20 Declaration of Independence .
... minister plenipo- tentiary to France in 1782 , but before he sailed , intelligence arrived that preliminaries of peace between Great Britain and the United States had been signed , and his 20 Declaration of Independence .
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... arrival of their guardian . Having been much with the English , she had learned to speak their lan- guage perfectly well . Her unexceptionable manners , and ele- vated sentiments soon engaged the full kindness of her pro- tectors ...
... arrival of their guardian . Having been much with the English , she had learned to speak their lan- guage perfectly well . Her unexceptionable manners , and ele- vated sentiments soon engaged the full kindness of her pro- tectors ...
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Page 517 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything, for I know it is but a play; and, if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet, if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Page 517 - Partridge gave that credit to Mr Garrick which he had denied to Jones, and fell into so violent a trembling that his knees knocked against each other. Jones asked him what was the matter, and whether he was afraid of the warrior upon the stage ! ' O la ! sir," said he, ' I perceive now it is what you told me.
Page 448 - THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall — A joy thou art, and a wealth to all! A bearer of hope unto land and sea...
Page 404 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
Page 383 - Salve regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, he made an impressive address to his crew. He pointed out the goodness of God in thus conducting them by soft and favoring breezes across a tranquil ocean, cheering their hopes continually with fresh signs, increasing as their fears augmented, and thus leading and guiding them to a promised land. He now reminded them of the orders he had given on leaving the Canaries, that, after sailing westward seven hundred leagues, they should not make sail after midnight.
Page 384 - ... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ? or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies...
Page 391 - ... the seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are content with so little, that in so large a country they have rather superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens; not intrenched with dykes, divided with hedges, or defended with walls.
Page 448 - And it laugh'd into beauty at that bright spell. To the earth's wild places a guest thou art, Flushing the waste like the rose's heart; And thou scornest not from thy pomp to shed A tender smile on the ruin's head.
Page 383 - Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in .sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance...
Page 384 - Finding, however, that there was no attempt to pursue nor molest them, they gradually recovered from their terror, and approached the Spaniards with great awe ; frequently prostrating themselves on the earth, and making signs of adoration. During the...