The Every Day Book: Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days in Past and Present Times, Volume 1Tegg, 1826 - Anecdotes, English |
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Page 509
... birds besides swallows having been found in a state of torpor during winter , and imagines that fishermen had availed themselves of the coming in of the tide to catch fish , and that the swallows , before supposed to have been carried ...
... birds besides swallows having been found in a state of torpor during winter , and imagines that fishermen had availed themselves of the coming in of the tide to catch fish , and that the swallows , before supposed to have been carried ...
Page 511
... birds , and to kill one is deemed a greater sin than the killing of other equally harmless birds . Children of all ages in the coun- ties of Berks , Buckingham , and Oxford , repeat the following couplet , which if not taught , is ...
... birds , and to kill one is deemed a greater sin than the killing of other equally harmless birds . Children of all ages in the coun- ties of Berks , Buckingham , and Oxford , repeat the following couplet , which if not taught , is ...
Page 643
... birds are seen . We have already observed , " continues Dr. Forster , " that the scenery of a May morning is particularly beautiful ; a so rene sky , a refreshing fragrance arising from the face of the earth , and the melody of the birds ...
... birds are seen . We have already observed , " continues Dr. Forster , " that the scenery of a May morning is particularly beautiful ; a so rene sky , a refreshing fragrance arising from the face of the earth , and the melody of the birds ...
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