 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1901 - 272 pages
...The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and, thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if...starling ; " I can't get out — I can't get out." s I never had my affections more tenderly awakened, nor do I remember an incident in my life where... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1899 - 464 pages
...The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and, thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if...starling ; " I can't get out — I can't get out." 5 I never had my affections more tenderly awakened, nor do I remember an incident in my life where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and, thrusting his head through of matter anJ 144 scarcity of words : for whoever...mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, lo I vow I never had any affections more tenderly awakened ; nor do I remember an incident in my life... | |
 | Whitwell Elwin - Authors, English - 1902 - 574 pages
...The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance ; and, thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if...the starling, " I can't get out; I can't get out." . . . The bird in his cage pursued me into my room. I sat down close by my table, and leaning my head... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and, thrusting his head through the Irellis, pressed his breast against it, as if impatient. —...starling ; ' I can't get out — I can't get out." I vow I never had any affections more tenderly awakened ; nor do I remember an incident in my life... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1890 - 450 pages
...the 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 the... | |
 | Effie Molt Bignell - Squirrels - 1904 - 250 pages
..."The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance, and, thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it as if impatient....the starling, 'I can't get out. I can't get out.' .... "I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened; nor do I remember an incident in my life... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1904 - 490 pages
...his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if impatient 1 fear, poor creature 1 said I, I cannot set thee at liberty " No," said the...vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened ; or do I remember an incident in my life, where the dissipated spirits, to which my reason had been... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1904 - 762 pages
...deliverance, and thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if impatient 1 fear, poor creature ! said I, I cannot set thee at...liberty " No," said the starling " I can't get out 1 can't get out," said the starling. I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened ; or do... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - Clergy - 1905 - 162 pages
...The bird flew to the place where 1 was attempting his deliverance, and, thrusting his head through the trellis, pressed his breast against it, as if...starling ; " I can't get out — I can't get out." I vow I never had my affections more tenderly awakened ; nor do I remember an incident in my life where... | |
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I turned about the cage to get to the door; it was twisted and double twisted so fast with wire, there was no getting it open without pulling the cage to pieces; — I took both hands to it. The bird flew to the place where I was attempting his deliverance,... 
