| Fashion - 740 pages
...the house and caged him, but he was very restless, clinging to the sides and wires, and flattering violently about. The next morning, having gone out...my return dying, having beaten himself to death." Two young males, of the long-tailed specii were subsequently captured, and, instead being caged, they... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1851 - 706 pages
...remained quite still, the net being held up close to an inviting bunch of blossom ; the humming birds came near in their course round the tree, sipped the...on my return dying, having beaten himself to death. Two young males, of the long-tailed species, were subsequently captured, and, instead of being caged,... | |
| 1851 - 642 pages
...suck. I quite trembled with hope ; in an instant the net was struck, and, before I could see any thing, the rustling of his confined wings within the gauze...on my return dying, having beaten himself to death. Two young males, of the long-tailed species, were subsequently captured, and, instead of being edged,... | |
| 1851 - 638 pages
...confined wings within the gauze told that the little beauty was a captive. I brought him in trinmph to the house and caged him, but he was very restless,...on my return dying, having beaten himself to death. Two young males, of the long-tailed species, were subsequently captured, and, instead of being caged,... | |
| Literature - 1865 - 740 pages
...so to speak, flitting hurriedly hither and thither for several seconds before it flew away. The neit evening, however, I was more successful. I took my...my return dying, having beaten himself to death." Two young males, of the long-tailed species, were subsequently captured, and, instead of being caged,... | |
| Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 404 pages
...quite trembled with hope ; in an iustant the net was struck, and, before I could see 234 TAMEXESS. anything, the rustling of his confined wings within...on my return dying, having beaten himself to death. Two young males of the long-tailed species were subsequently captured, and, instead of being caged,... | |
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