... to make their appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the neighbouring stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell... The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 283by Washington Irving - 1821Full view - About this book
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush...There was the honest cock-robin, the favourite game of strippling sportsmen, with its loud querulous note ; and the twittering blackbirds flying in sable... | |
| American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush and tree to tree, capriCious from the very abundance around them. There was the honest cock-robin, the favourite game of stripling sportsmen,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry , they fluttered , chirping and frolicking , from bush to bush , and tree to tree , capricions from the very profusion and variety aronnd them. There was the honest cock-robin , the... | |
| Washington Irving - Americans - 1843 - 458 pages
...stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush...broad black gorget, and splendid plumage; and the cedar-bird, with its red-tipt wings and yellow-tipt tail, and its little monteiro cap of feathers;... | |
| Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...stubble field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fulness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush...twittering blackbirds flying in sable clouds; and the golden- winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget , and splendid plumage; and... | |
| Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 268 pages
...cock-robin, the favorite game of stripling sportsmen, with its loud, querulous note ; and [there were] the twittering blackbirds, flying in sable clouds ; and the golden-winged woodpecker, with his splendid plumage ; and the cedar-bird, with its red-tipped wings and yellow-tipped tail, and its little... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...stubble-field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush...variety around them. There was the honest cockrobin, the favorite game of stripling sportsmen, with its loud querulous note; and the twittering blackbirds flying... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 550 pages
...stubble-field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush...variety around them. There was the honest cockrobin, the favorite game of stripling sportsmen, with its loud querulous note ; and the twittering blackbirds... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1848 - 518 pages
...capricious from the very profusion and variety around them. There was the honest cockrobin, the favorite game of stripling sportsmen, with its loud querulous...note ; and the twittering blackbirds flying in sable cloud:. ; and the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...stubble-field. The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush...variety around them. There was the honest cockrobin, the favorite game of stripling sportsmen, with its loud querulous note; and tin; twittering blackbirds... | |
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