 I was attempting his deliverance, and thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if impatient. I fear, poor creature, said I, I cannot set thee at liberty. "No," said the starling; "I can't get out, I can't get out,  Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology. With an autobiography of the ... - Page 63by Charles Waterton - 1838 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1802 - 284 pages
...child, I went out without further attention. «p, I saw it was a. starling hung in a little cage — « I can't get out — I can't get out », said the starling. I stood looking at the bird : and to every per»on who came through the passage it ran fluttering to... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 430 pages
...it, as if impatient — I fear, poor creature ! said I, I cannot set thee at liberty — "No," said the starling — " I can't get out — I can't get out," said the starling. I vow, I never had my affections more tenderly awakened; nor do I remember an incident in my life, where... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...it, as if impatient — I Jcar, poor creature ! said I, I cannot set thee at liberty — " No," said the Starling — " I can't get out — I can't get out," said the Starling. I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened : nor do I remember an incident in my life, where... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...as if impatient — I fear, poor creature ! said I, I cannot »et thee at liberty. — ' No,' said the starling — ' I can't get out — I can't get out,' said the starling. I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened : nor do I remember an incident in my lif«, \vhui-c... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...it, as if impatient. — I tear, poor creature ! said I, I cannot set thee at liberty — ' No,' said the Starling. — ' I can't get out, I can't get out,' said the Starling. I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened ; nor do I remember an incident in my life, where... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 310 pages
...against it, as if impatient. I fear, poor creature, said I, I cannot set thee at liberty — " No," said the starling ; " I can't " get out, — I can't get out," said the starling. I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened ; nor do I remember an incident in my life where... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...against it, as if impatient. — I fear, poor creature, said I, I cannot set thee at liberty. " No," said the starling ; " I can't get out, — I can't get out," said the starling. I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened ; nor do I remember an incident in my life where... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...against it, as if impatient. — I fear, poor creature, said I, I cannot set thee at liberty. " No," said rust which is produced by the inactivity of the body on which it preys ; su vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened; nor do I remember an incident in my life where... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1830 - 432 pages
...same words repeated twice over ; and looking up, I saw it was a starling hung in a little cage.—" I can't get " out,— I can't get out," said the starling. I stood looking at the bird : and to every person who came through the passage, it ran fluttering to... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1832 - 384 pages
...as if impatient. — I fear, poor creature ! said I, I cannot set thee at liberty. — ' No,' said the starling ; — ' I can't get out — I can't get out,' said the starling. where the dissipated spirits, to which my reason had been a bubble, were so suddenly called home. Mechanical... | |
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