...BIED'S EGO.— I think that, if required to name the most perfect j thing in the universe, I should say, a bird's egg. There is, first, its exquisite fragility...its absolute purity from external stain, since that tlun barrier remains impassable till the whole is in ruins. Then its range of tints, so varied, so...

...— victim, perhaps, of some rash quadruped-ambition — an Icarus doomed for ever not to fall. 4. I think that, if required, on pain of death, to name...the mathematical precision of that form so daintily molded. There is its absolute purity from external stain, since that thin barrier remains impassable...

...himself—victim, perhaps, of some rash quadruped-ambition—an Icarus doomed for ever not to fall. 4. I think that, if required, on pain of death, to name...the mathematical precision of that form so daintily molded. There is its absolute purity from external stain, since that thin barrier remains impassable...

...without a thrill of pleasure. Thomas W. Higginson, in his incomparable " Out Door Papers," says : " I think that if required on pain of death to name...bird's egg. There is, first, its exquisite fragility, strong only by the mathematical precision of that form so delicately moulded. Then its range of tints...

...continual conquests. JAMES STEPHEN Lect. on France lect iii, p. 67. 133 DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED on I think that, if required, on pain of death, to name...the universe, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg. TW HIOOINSON Out-Door Papers p. 297. I ... was felicitating myself on occupying one of the best positions...

...have been worn on the tenure of continual conquests. JAMES STEPHEN Lect. on France lect. iii, p. 67. I think that, if required, on pain of death, to name...most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk ray fate on a bird's egg. TW HIGGINSON Out-Door Papers p. 297. I ... was felicitating myself on occupying...

...640. The Carlovingian crown may indeed be said to have been worn on the tenure of continual conquests. I think that, if required, on pain of death, to name...instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I shonld risk my fate on a bird's egg. TW HIGGINSON Out-Door Papers p. 297. I ... was felicitating myself...

...been worn on the tenure of continual conquests. I think that. if required, on pain of death, to namo instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg. TW HIOOINSON Out-Door Papers p. 297. I ... was felicitating myself an occupying one of the best positions...

...role in the demise of this species (Blockstein 2002). FIVE Wild Bird Eggs In 1863 TW Higginson wrote, "I think that, if required on pain of death to name...universe, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg." Much of the great fascination that people have had with wild bird eggs involves the great variety of...