 ... for half an hour, or an hour, at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts...  The Domestic Habits of Birds.. - Page 329by James Rennie - 1833 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
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...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity ; and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour, or an hour, at a time. His...gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. Me sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1813 - 496 pages
...great emphasis and rapidity, and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at n time. His expanded wings and tail glistening ! with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arrest the eye, as his song irresistibly engages the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy;... | |
 | England - 1826 - 952 pages
...imitations, andall of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity. and continued, with ivn diminished ardour, for half an hour, or an hour at a time. His...buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his soag moat irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic eestacv— he mounts and descends... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 464 pages
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 | Hunting - 1819 - 424 pages
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour for half an hour or an hour at a time. His...gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and .rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour for half an hour, or an hour, at a time. His...gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | English literature - 1837 - 604 pages
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity ; and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at a time. His...gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour. The buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistably does the ear, he sweeps round with an enthusiastic ecstacy ; he mounts and descends... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Sports - 1823 - 300 pages
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued, withundin fmished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at a time. His" expanded wings and tail glittering with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly... | |
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