 His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends as his song swells or dies away...  The Boy's Own Natural History - Page 30by John George Wood - 1882 - 64 lehteFull view - About this book
 | David Hosack, John Wakefield Francis - 1814 - 614 lehte
...emphasis and rapidity ; and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour, or an hour, at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white,...gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. Me sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | 1813 - 496 lehte
...emphasis and rapidity, and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at n time. His expanded wings and tail glistening ! with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arrest the eye, as his song irresistibly engages the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy;... | |
 | 1826 - 952 lehte
...emphasis and rapidity. and continued, with ivn diminished ardour, for half an hour, or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening with white,...buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his soag moat irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic eestacv— he mounts and descends... | |
 | 1819 - 424 lehte
...emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening with white,...gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | 1820 - 422 lehte
...emphasis and .rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour for half an hour, or an hour, at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening with white,...gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | 1837 - 604 lehte
...emphasis and rapidity ; and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white,...gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | 1826 - 376 lehte
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour. The buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistably does the ear, he sweeps round with an enthusiastic ecstacy ; he mounts and descends... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1823 - 300 lehte
...withundin fmished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at a time. His" expanded wings and tail glittering with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy — he mounts and descends... | |
 | 1825 - 428 lehte
...uttered with emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undimmished ardour for half an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening with white,...gaiety of his action arresting the eye as 'his song most irresistibly does the ear, he iweeps round with enthusiastic eestacy he mounts and descend: as... | |
 | 1826 - 1004 lehte
...emphasis and rapidity, and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour, or an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening with white,...gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly docs the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy— he mounts and descends... | |
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