 I have read of a bird, which hath a face like, and yet will prey upon, a man : who coming to the water to drink, and finding there by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself, f Such...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 269edited by - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 510 pages
...remainder of his li/e.'"* — Worthies. Article, Bedfordshire. Sir Edward Ilarisood, Knt. — " I hav« read of a bird, which hath a face like, and yet will prey upon, a man ; who coining to the wafer to drink, and finding there by reflection, -that he had killed one like himself,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...the remainder of his life."* — Worthies. Article, Bedfordshire. Sir Edward Harwood, Knt. — " I have read of a bird, which hath a face like, and yet will prey * The fine imagination of Fuller has done what might have been pronounced impossible : it has given... | |
 | 1818 - 598 pages
...bird," says Dr. Fuller, in his Worthies of England, " which hath a face like, and yet will prey upun, a man, who coming to the water to drink, and finding there, by reflexion, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards eijjoyelh... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 950 pages
...bird, says Dr. Fuller, in his Worthies of England, which hath a face like, and yet will prey »pon, a man, who coming to the water to drink, and finding...by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pined away by degrees, and never after enjoyed itself. A Monkey i Sagacity of Smell. A lady of my acquaintance,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...borrowers. TQM A MAN-LIKING BIRD. " I have read of a bird," says Dr. Fuller, in his Worthies of England, " which hath a face like, and yet will prey upon, a...by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself.'' For the Tail« Book. PENNY A LOT. A... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 468 pages
...BIRD. " I have read of a bird," says Dr. Fuller, in his Worthies of England, " which hath a face ¡ike, and yet will prey upon, a man, who coming to the water...by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself." For the Table Book. PENNY A LOT. A SCHOOLBOY'S... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 390 pages
...balance of antithesea not too violently opposed, and the consequent Sir Edward Harwood, Kid. — " I have read of a bird, which hath a face like, and yet...by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself*. Such is in some sort the condition of... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 376 pages
...balance of antitheses not too violently opposed, and the consequent Sir Edward Harwood, Knt.—" I have read of a bird, which hath a face like, and yet...by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself*. Such is in some sort the condition of... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 924 pages
...borrowers. TQM A MAN-LIKING BIRD. " I have read of a bird," says Dr. Fuller, in his Worthies of England, " which hath a face like, and yet will prey upon, a...by reflection, that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never afterwards enjoyeth itself.* For the Table Book. PENNY A LOT. A SCHOOLBOY'S... | |
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