constrained to drag out an insipid existence in boring the bark and hard fibres of trees to extract his prey ;" for he frequently finds in the loose mouldering ruins of an old stump (the capital of a nation of pismires) more than is sufficient for the... Notes on Shoeing Horses - Pagina 79door sir Frederick Wellington J. Fitzwygram (4th bart.) - 1861 - 79 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1809 - 914 pagina’s
...capital of a nation of pismires) more titan is sufficient for the wants of a whole week. He cannot be said to " lead a mean and gloomy life, without an...the tree for hours together ˇ for such are really bis habits. Can it lie said that " necessity never grants an interval of sound repose" to that bird,... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pagina’s
...capital of a nation of pismires) more than is sufficient for the wants of a whole week. He cannot be said to " lead a mean and gloomy life, without an...with them round the larger limbs and body of the tree fur hours together; for such are really his habits. Can it be said that " neces. sity never grants... | |
| 1821 - 542 pagina’s
...stump, the capital of a nation of insects, more than is sufficient for the wants of a week. He cannot be said to "lead a mean and gloomy life, without an intermission of labour,'' who usually feasts at the first peep of dawn, and spends the early and sweetest hours of the morning on the highest peaks... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pagina’s
...capital of a nation of pismires) more than is sufficient for the wants of a whole week. He cannot be said to " lead a mean and gloomy life, without an...calling on his mate or companions ; or pursuing and gambolingwith them round the larger limbs and body of the tree for hours together ; for such are really... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pagina’s
...(the capital of a nation of ants), more than is sufficient for the wants of a whole week. He cannot be said to ' lead a mean and gloomy life, without an...sweetest hours of morning on the highest peaks of tallest trees, calling on his mate or companions, or pursuing and gambolling with them round the larger... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 pagina’s
...capital of a nation of pismires) more than is Mith'cicnt for the wants of a whole week. He cannot be said to " lead a mean and gloomy life, without an...early and sweetest hours of morning on the highest ˇleaks of the tallest trees, calling on his mate or coinpanious, or pursuing and gambolling with them... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1876 - 414 pagina’s
...capital of a nation of pismires) more than is sufficient for the wants of a whole week. He cannot be said to ' lead a mean and gloomy life, without an...usually feasts by the first peep of dawn, and spends tho early and sweetest hours of morning on the highest peaks of the tallest trees, calling on his mate... | |
| Laura Rigal - 2001 - 276 pagina’s
...whole tribe of woodpeckers, belongs not to the elegant and sprightly bird now before us." He cannot be said to "lead a mean and gloomy life, without an intermission...morning on the highest peaks of the tallest trees. . . . Can it be said . . . that "the narrow circumference of a tree circumscribes his dull round of... | |
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