Birds, Their Cages and Their Keep: Being a Practical Manual of Bird-keeping and Bird-rearingMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 177 من الصفحات |
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... eye , and gentle hand has the least right to keep birds . A gentle hand need not necessarily be soft and white : many hardened and roughened with labour are capable on occasion of softening into delicacy and soothing , light , loving ...
... eye , and gentle hand has the least right to keep birds . A gentle hand need not necessarily be soft and white : many hardened and roughened with labour are capable on occasion of softening into delicacy and soothing , light , loving ...
الصفحة 10
... eye , sharp beak , and most willing mind to ferret out everything that sparkles ; will peck at it incessantly until he has succeeded in spoiling the pretty look of his dwelling and swallowed the detached deleterious ornamentation ...
... eye , sharp beak , and most willing mind to ferret out everything that sparkles ; will peck at it incessantly until he has succeeded in spoiling the pretty look of his dwelling and swallowed the detached deleterious ornamentation ...
الصفحة 11
... eye being so completely filled with the beauty of the cage itself as to overlook the principal consider- ation in the cage , namely its occupant , unnoticed and unattended to , till temporary ailing grows into settled disease , and then ...
... eye being so completely filled with the beauty of the cage itself as to overlook the principal consider- ation in the cage , namely its occupant , unnoticed and unattended to , till temporary ailing grows into settled disease , and then ...
الصفحة 12
... eyes . Plumage firm , soft , and glossy ; eyes and 12 [ CHAP . BIRDS : CAGES AND KEEP .
... eyes . Plumage firm , soft , and glossy ; eyes and 12 [ CHAP . BIRDS : CAGES AND KEEP .
الصفحة 13
... eyes and beak and legs bright and shining , full of health , activity , and song- that is the condition in which they reach our shores in thousands annually . The German metallic enamelled cage is therefore the only kind worthy of ...
... eyes and beak and legs bright and shining , full of health , activity , and song- that is the condition in which they reach our shores in thousands annually . The German metallic enamelled cage is therefore the only kind worthy of ...
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الصفحة 48 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 14 - THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
الصفحة 29 - Norton. — Works by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON : — THE LADY OF LA GARAYE. With Vignette and Frontispiece. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4*.
الصفحة 29 - Nine Years Old.— By the Author of "St. Olave's," "When I was a Little Girl," &c. Illustrated by FROLICH. Third Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt. $s. 6d. It is believed that this story, by the favourably known author of " St. Olave's," will be found both highly interesting and instructive to the young.
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