 | James Thomson - 1811 - 182 pages
...thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trnsted man His annaal visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights...wonders where he is: Till, more familiar grown, the table-crnmbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Ponr forth their brown inhabitants. The hare,... | |
 | George Low - Natural history - 1813 - 272 pages
...that I hope I shall be forgiven in transcribing the passage. One alone, -- 70 NATURAL HISTORY [Birds. His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the...where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract his slender feet. The robin never migrates from these isles ; is seen through the whole... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On...wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs 255 Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The... | |
 | James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...sky, In joyless fieldb and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man Hfc annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights Do the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickers, leaves His shivering mates, and pays tp trusted Man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first...wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract his slender feet. Thomson's Seasons, An ADDRESS to the ROBIN. AWAY, pretty Robin, fly... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual...the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm earth ; then hopping o'er the floor Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks and starts, and... | |
 | Birds - 1816 - 338 pages
...household gods, " Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, " In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves " His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man " His...where he Is ; " Till, more familiar grown, the table crumbs " Attract his slender feet." The young Redbreast, when full feathered, may be taken for a different... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted mail His annual visit. Il..ilf-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights...wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shiv'ring mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half...On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, BOOK IV. DESCRIPTIVE AND PATHETIC. 277 \^ lives all the smiling family askance, And peck;, and starts,... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights...wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare,... | |
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Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping... 
