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" ... 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,... "
Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science and Art - Page 206
1872
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The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and ...

1813 - 496 pages
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 20

1826 - 952 pages
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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...
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American Ornithology, Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 2

Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 pages
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements,...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...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 9

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...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9

Reuben Percy - 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...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 20

1826 - 1004 pages
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance,, and rapidity of his movements,...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...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 528 pages
...manner, as far excels Pennant and Barrington as the bird excels his fellow-songsters. Wilson tells that the ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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...
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Arcana of Science and Art: Or, An Annual Register of Useful Inventions and ...

1830 - 318 pages
...manner, as far excels Pennant and Barrington as the bird excels his fellow-songsters. Wilson tells that the ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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...
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 2

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 372 pages
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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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The Architecture of Birds

James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pages
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...species of the feathered creation within his hearing, arc really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of...
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