 ... are bold and full, and varied seemingly beyond all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or, at the most, five or six syllables ; generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity ;...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2321826Full view - About this book
 | John George Wood - 1831 - 802 pages
...expressions of two, or three, or at the most four or six syllables, generally interspersed with intonations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with unlimited ardour for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening with... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1868 - 172 pages
...all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or at the most, five or six syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with uncliminished ardor for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1869 - 150 pages
...beyond all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or, at most, five or six syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour. The buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he... | |
 | 1899 - 478 pages
...generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great rapidity, and continued for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings, and his tail glistening with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arrest the eye as his song irresistibly... | |
 | 1872 - 862 pages
...two, three, or at the most five or six syllables ; generally interspersed with limitations, and :ill of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardor for half an hour at a time ; his expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 pages
...all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or, at the most, five or six syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy. He mounts and descends as his song swells... | |
 | 1872 - 264 pages
...all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or at the most five or six syllables ; generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...buoyant gaiety of his action, arresting the eye as hia song most irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 pages
...all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or, at the most, five or six syllables ; generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...emphasis and rapidity, and continued, with undiminished ardor, for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 pages
...all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or, at the most, five or sir syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardor for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and... | |
 | 1875 - 558 pages
...beyond all limits. They consist of short expressions of two, three, or at most five or six syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of...rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour. The buoyant gayety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistably does the ear, he... | |
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