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" It may truly be called the bird of paradise: and had it existed in the Old World, it would have claimed the title instead of the bird which has now the honour to bear it. See it darting through the air almost as quick as thought!— now it is within a... "
The Illustrated Natural History - Page 199
by John George Wood - 1855 - 444 pages
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Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pages
...— see it darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face ! — in an instant gone ! — now it flutters...— now an emerald — now all burnished gold ! It would be arrogant to pretend to describe this winged gem of nature after Buff on' s elegant description...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 33

1826 - 626 pages
...says he, ' darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face ! — in an instant gone ! — now it flutters...topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold !' This seeking of ' silver dew,' or honey dew, on which it is supposed to feed, is an erroneous notion...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 33

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 pages
...through the air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face! — in an mstant gone ! — now it flutters from flower to flower to...topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold !' This seeking of ' silver dew,' or honey dew, on which it is supposed to feed, is an erroneous notion...
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Mary Gray: A Tale for Little Girls

Anne Knight - 1831 - 164 pages
...your face — in an instant it is gone! Now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip the nectarian dew ; it is now a ruby — now a topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold ! But no description can give you a better idea of it than the one already written so elegantly by...
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Depping's Evening Entertainments: Compromising Delineations of the Manners ...

Georges-Bernard Depping - 1833 - 282 pages
...air almost as quick as thought ! — now it is within a yard of your face ! — in an instant it is gone ! — now it flutters from flower to flower,...topaz — now an emerald — now all burnished gold!" The blue and green, and the brown — the smallest of birds — not larger than a bee, constantly glitter...
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Magazine of Natural History, Volume 6

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1833 - 588 pages
...birds display, and this in various colours : to use the words of Mr. Waterton (Vol. V. p. 475.), " now a ruby, now a topaz, now an emerald, » . now all burnished gold ; " and now, we may add, ns though, in the words of that real naturalist, the poet Cunningham, " Burnish'd...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 7

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 698 pages
...humming-bird] darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! Now it is within a yard of your face : in an instant, gone ! Now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip the silver dew," &c. From these expressions, we may learn that, while Mr. Waterton has taught that the liuniniing-birds...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 7

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 682 pages
...humming-bird] darting through the air almost as quick as thought ! Now it is within a yard of your face : in an instant, gone ! Now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip the silver dew," &c. From these expressions, we may learn that, while Mr. Waterton has taught that the humming-birds...
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Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1836 - 362 pages
...it:—see it darting through the air almost as quick as thought!—now it is within a yard of your face !—in an instant gone !—now it flutters from...flower to flower to sip the silver dew— it is now a ruby—now a topaz—now an emerald— now all burnished gold! It would be arrogant to pretend to describe...
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The orphan; or, The true principles of religious education illustrated, by ...

Orphan - 1841 - 186 pages
...darts through the air almost as quick as thought ; now within a yard of your fire ! in an instant it is gone ! now it flutters from flower to flower, to sip...is now a ruby ! now a topaz ! now an emerald ! now burnished gold !' " This is indeed a beautiful description of your favourites," said Mr Thompson, "...
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