The Quarterly Review, Volume 266William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1936 |
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... birds , so long conceiving in the changing womb of time . A bird was born . The ages rolled on ; a new voice was heard in the silent forests : a bird sang . No other creature but man settles itself with intention to make music as does a ...
... birds , so long conceiving in the changing womb of time . A bird was born . The ages rolled on ; a new voice was heard in the silent forests : a bird sang . No other creature but man settles itself with intention to make music as does a ...
Page 314
... birds are passeres , descendants of those progenitors that did not revert to territorial or aquatic lives . The perching birds enjoy more leisure and greater safety than most other orders ; song is a luxury in which they can indulge on ...
... birds are passeres , descendants of those progenitors that did not revert to territorial or aquatic lives . The perching birds enjoy more leisure and greater safety than most other orders ; song is a luxury in which they can indulge on ...
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... birds and such as swallows and swifts , who have vast potential food - areas in which to forage . Thus , like song ... birds remain paired as long as the gods permit- which in most cases is usually only a season or two . Especially is ...
... birds and such as swallows and swifts , who have vast potential food - areas in which to forage . Thus , like song ... birds remain paired as long as the gods permit- which in most cases is usually only a season or two . Especially is ...
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