 Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I will venture to impart, for the benefit of my schoolboy readers, who may regard him with the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 4141839Full view - About this book
 | William Lloyd Baily - 1869 - 272 pages
...the globe, Companions of the spring.' " Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I...only as I saw him at first, in what I may call the poetic part of his career, when he in a manner devoted himself to elegant pursuits and enjoyments,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 396 pages
...different idea of this feathered voluptuary5, which I will venture to impart for the benefit of my young readers who may regard him with the same unqualified...envy and admiration which I once indulged. I have shov/n him only as I saw him at first, in what I may call the poetical part of his career, when he... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pages
...Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary,11 which I will venture to impart for the benefit of my school-boy readers, who may regard him wife the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged. I have shown him only as I saw... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 504 pages
...the globe, Companions of the spring! " Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I will venture to impart, for the licnelit of my schoolboy readers, who may regard him with the same unqualified envy and admiration... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 pages
...thy year. Companions of the spring!' " Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I...only as I saw him at first, in what I may call the poetic part of his career, when he in a manner devoted himself to elegant pursuits and enjoyments,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1872 - 440 pages
...Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary,11 which I will venture to impart for the benefit of my school-boy readers, who may regard him wife the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged. I have shown him only as I saw... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...frolic, green fields, and fine weather. 8. Further observation and experience have given me a different idea of this little feathered voluptuary, which I...unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged. As the year advances, as the clover blossoms disappear, and the spring fades into summer, he gradually... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1877 - 112 pages
...the morning. 2. He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. 3. The pendulum swung all day long. 4. I have shown him only as I saw him at first, in what I may call the poetical part of his career. — Irving. 5. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 278 pages
...fame unknown.—Gray. 17. Further observation and expericnce have given me a different idea of this feathered voluptuary, which I will venture to impart, for the benefit of my young readers who may regard him with the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged.—... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 344 pages
...Further observation and experience have given me R •&W%i&> <> ,. '- _x if a different idea of this feathered voluptuary, which I will venture to impart for the benefit of my young readers who may regard him with the same unqualified envy and admiration which I once indulged.... | |
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