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... light brown ; the wings are black , tipped with white , with a single spot of white on the primaries , just below their coverts ; the scapu- lars , or long downy feathers that fall over the 6 The Great American Shrike .
... light brown ; the wings are black , tipped with white , with a single spot of white on the primaries , just below their coverts ; the scapu- lars , or long downy feathers that fall over the 6 The Great American Shrike .
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... light gray , or light ash ; the tail is cuneiform , consisting of twelve feathers , the two middle ones wholly black , the others tipt more and more with white to the exterior ones , which are nearly all white ; the legs , feet , and ...
... light gray , or light ash ; the tail is cuneiform , consisting of twelve feathers , the two middle ones wholly black , the others tipt more and more with white to the exterior ones , which are nearly all white ; the legs , feet , and ...
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... light ash . The greater wing coverts , and next superior row , are broadly tipt with white , and slightly tinged with reddish ; wings and tail black , edged with light brown ; tail considerably forked , lower part of the belly , ash ...
... light ash . The greater wing coverts , and next superior row , are broadly tipt with white , and slightly tinged with reddish ; wings and tail black , edged with light brown ; tail considerably forked , lower part of the belly , ash ...
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... light , palatable , and so innocent in their effects , that they may be drank abundantly . They hold in solution magnesia , selenite , and some alkaline mineral . But though once possessed of very great celebrity , they are now , either ...
... light , palatable , and so innocent in their effects , that they may be drank abundantly . They hold in solution magnesia , selenite , and some alkaline mineral . But though once possessed of very great celebrity , they are now , either ...
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... light which glimmers perpe- tually upon the altar , heightens the solemnity of the scene . Tradition represents that this devoted and inconsolable con- vert , came to Marseilles along with Lazarus and Joseph of Arimathea . Various rocky ...
... light which glimmers perpe- tually upon the altar , heightens the solemnity of the scene . Tradition represents that this devoted and inconsolable con- vert , came to Marseilles along with Lazarus and Joseph of Arimathea . Various rocky ...
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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...