 ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising,...  The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Page 1951837Full view - About this book
 | Decoration and ornament - 1813 - 496 pages
...to notice; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the...qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear mellow notes of the woodthrush to the... | |
 | England - 1826 - 952 pages
...to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and in laying up lessons froin almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 464 pages
...to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the...peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add thatof a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear mellow... | |
 | 1918 - 436 pages
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 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...MOCKING BIRD. The intelligence (says Wilson) which the American mocking bird displays in listening to, and laying up, lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, is really surprising, and marks the peculiarity of his genius. He possesses a voice full, strong, and... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 380 pages
...MOCKING BIRD. The intelligence (says Wilson) which the American mocking bird displays in listening to, and laying up lessons, from almost every species of...surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius. He possesses a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear... | |
 | Scotland - 1826 - 1004 pages
...to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance,, and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and in laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1829 - 528 pages
...Barrington as the bird excels his fellow-songsters. Wilson tells that the ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the...intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons, mark the peculiarity of his genius. His voice is full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1830 - 318 pages
...Barrington as the bird excels his fellow-songsters. Wilson tells that the ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the...intelligence he displays in listening and laying up his lessons mark the peculiarity of his genius. His voice is full, strong, and musical, and capable... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 380 pages
...to notice; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the...really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genins. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost... | |
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