| 单词 | canary bird |
| 例句 | “He’s gaining weight,” moaned Smith, “and we aren’t feeding him enough to satisfy a full-grown canary bird.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgiana would chatter nonsense to her canary bird by the hour, and take no notice of me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters, parents, dogs, cats, canary birds...There are no exceptions: farmers, shopkeepers, even policemen have families or at least keep a dog. You have only to look at her father!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They also had canary birds and an organ, which Mr. Cessna would play for company.” Town that claims Cessna as its own is dying out 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Daddy had heard that afternoon the story of a very tame canary bird. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z He amused himself with his canary bird, which was so tame that it would sit upon his hand; but one morning it flew out of the window, and never returned. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The young who have never had their hearts stirred with a deeper love than that for a pet lamb, or a canary bird, will reject the thought as impossible. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z "Of white mice and canary birds," I said, "but that is not quite the same thing as tigers, and I am perfectly certain that if that tiger is retained, the wedding will not take place." Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z Plants did not flourish in their shaded windows nor canary birds splash water from their tiny baths upon the clear glass. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z I’ve found just about everything there from a canary bird cage to a railway bridge. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z And out from somewhere, in the serene hazy distance, came the silvery song of her own canary bird. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Ricardo mounted to the window, and following the direction indicated by the girl's finger, he looked and looked again, until his eyes pained him, without seeing the slightest sign of anything resembling a canary bird. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z From the middle of the ceiling hung a cage with a canary bird; they had to go round to avoid knocking against it. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z The tiny canary birds—those gentle, amiable, sprightly songsters come from here. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z But there were about half a dozen streets still left and they were in a fix until some one remembered that 147 there were several canary birds in the town. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z So good was he to his canary birds that he never left the house without opening the door of their cage that they might fly about and not be lonely. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z She complains that I do not eat enough to keep a canary bird alive, and indeed I have not much appetite. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z His reply was hard, clear, and cheerful, as the chirp of a canary bird. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z It was some strain to be always gay and singing around like a dear duck of a canary bird, but I done my best. Friend Island 2011-02-28T03:00:33.693Z Shore-boats were plying around, offering for sale fruits, cigars, and canary birds. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z She is like a canary bird; when others begin to speak, she hurries in her remarks, in an accompaniment. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z "Considering the difference a canary bird has made," thought Mrs. Dorothea, "it is a fortunate circumstance that I was not persuaded to add an errand-boy to my establishment, as Jones so much wished." Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:28.110Z She laughed as a canary bird sings—because she couldn’t help it. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z As, for example, how loud is the song of the nightingale and the little canary bird. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z A canary bird chirped at them from another window. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z “We have two live pigs, one rooster, four cats and almost twenty canary bird — no fear of starving for a while.” Technology Aids Restoration of Whaling Ship Morgan 2010-08-16T21:27:00Z You’d hardly believe it, sir, but if I didn’t sell that there Sergeant Falkner a canary bird and cage last week, I’m a Dutchman. A Little World And there were two big dewdrops of tears on her cheeks to show how sorry she was for the canary bird—or, perhaps, for the spaniel. Deep Moat Grange "Not again; I got one little canary bird; two might make me un'appy." Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle The canary bird sang a sorry spring song, and the sparrows outside in the chestnut trees responded. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Had his cork hat been decorated with a canary bird's feather, you would have said a prince stepped from a fairy tale. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes A friend of mine said he had a beautiful canary bird; he thought it was the sweetest singer they had ever had. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations You can tell the nature of the dove or canary bird. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons Only a canary bird in his cage twittered awhile, and then began whistling half of the song "Who never on a spree did go." Landolin Two canary birds, here, however, in two cages, appeared to entertain a lively desire, as did the dogs below, to give vent to their feelings. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine My canary bird used to hang up in our nursery-window on a chain. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks In the fields around the willow grew rye, wheat, and oats—beautiful oats that, when ripe, looked like little yellow canary birds sitting on a branch. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series A pretty brass cage, with a canary bird, hung on the wall; and whenever its mistress appeared, the little tenant would sing as if its small heart were going to burst. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Mrs. Witla liked live things, so there were a canary bird, a cat, some chickens, and a bird house set aloft on a pole where a few blue-birds made their home. The "Genius" And so on from canary birds to draft horses. The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics Cases have been known of these dogs rescuing even so delicate a thing as a canary bird that had fallen into the water. Stories Pictures Tell Book Four It expresses itself sometimes in the love of birds and of flowers, and one sees the rosebush or the canary bird in a dwelling from which is banished every trace of luxury. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings "But what the crickets do they need a canary bird for?" The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers There was also a solid oak writing-table, on one corner of which Frau Roth had stood the cages for her canary birds, just then in the interesting stage of breeding, and therefore voiceless. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day "About as still as that canary bird," returned Miss Marsh. A Dear Little Girl All that had happened to this canary bird fancier and gold fish tamer was that he had killed two Germans and captured three before they got him. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" So far as any one knew in Jordantown, she permitted herself only one luxury: this was a canary bird, not yellow, but green. The Co-Citizens In the Tyrol a great many canary birds are trained, and are sold to dealers all through the country. Happy Days for Boys and Girls But, according to Captain Worse's calculation, the period of court mourning for the canary bird lasted precisely three weeks, after which a new one was installed. Skipper Worse Everybody talked, not very loudly, but merrily, and the canary birds sang shrill in their high-hung cages. Shirley The old fashioned religion allowed and still allows a human being to breathe like a canary bird. The Heart of the New Thought Sure enough, some one was coming, and no three canary birds in a cage ever fluttered into their places quicker than we did. Phemie Frost's Experiences They took with them their little canary bird, which had lost none of its sweet notes by the lapse of time. Happy Days for Boys and Girls There was but one subject on which they were in accord, and that was the canary bird. Skipper Worse But if I know myself I won’t help a tiger cat to hold a canary bird or a wolf to guard a sheep pen. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife "No," said Norton laughing a little; "it was like a small canary bird chirping out a lecture." The House in Town I have a canary bird—for I love birds with all the inborn intensity of genius—so old that his feathers are nothing more than a creamy white. Phemie Frost's Experiences They spent a few days in great happiness there, and made a bargain with the man who owned the canary bird which had escaped from Carl’s cage to get it back again. Happy Days for Boys and Girls "Where is Elsie?" cried the widow, with vivacious affection, shaking her gay plumage like a canary bird in the sun. A Noble Woman A picnic dinner is all right for canary birds, but it takes good hard grub to feed a man. Hidden Water This group of birds known as the finches is provided with the sort of bill familiar in the ordinary canary bird. The Meaning of Evolution At first there hadn't been much talking; but now the ladies grew chipper, as so many canary birds, and the men followed suit. Phemie Frost's Experiences In a corner of this quaint old garden, two tiny monuments are affixed to the wall, one chiselled perhaps by Hogarth's own hand, to the memory of his canary bird! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 "I'm always in mischief," said Tom, contritely, restoring the table to its equilibrium with great difficulty; "I'm more out of place in a lady's parlor than an owl in a canary bird's cage." A Noble Woman The important point was that the professor of singing Japanese canary birds would receive immediate payment. A Nest of Spies Many of them contained women and children, with accompanying cats and canary birds. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Finally matters reached a climax when a bushel of potatoes arrived on the scene in the early dawn, and with it a canary bird in a tin cage. Hepsey Burke They put one piece of sugar into each cup and take the other pieces home to the "canary bird," meaning the sugar bowl in the pantry. All About Coffee You know the pretty canary bird the baker gave me; well, what do you think William did? he cut off half its tail, and part of its wings. The Adventures of a Squirrel, Supposed to be Related by Himself For that lesson thou shalt have, Dead canary bird, a stave! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold No, that one over there, the one that looks like a canary bird.” Lucile Triumphant No canary bird; my mother Marie never would have a bird. Rosin the Beau Of course, I didn’t need any lessons to imitate the cute little canary bird, and the robin’s notes and a few others I learned by listening to the birds themselves. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room O my warm, blooming fatherland," sang the canary bird, "I will sing of thy dark-green trees and thy quiet streams, where the bending branches kiss the clear, smooth water. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen In some of the trenches they used rats and canary birds to give warning of gas. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery When the canary bird of the heart begins to chirp, reason puts her fingers in her ears. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales There were the pony, and the rabbits, and the canary bird, of all which Gretchen’s children were to take the utmost care, until the dear Fraulien and the young Herr should come again. Eric or, Under the Sea Well, I walked around among 'em up there—canary birds an' plants an' footstools—an' the whole thing fixed up so cheerful that it's pitiful. Friendship Village A lieutenant in the navy informed me, that while his ship was under sail in the Mediterranean, a favourite canary bird escaped from its cage, and flewPage 172 into the sea. Anecdotes of Dogs We read of her that she melted into tears when her canary bird lost a feather, that she turned white and trembled when Dr. Braun hacked worms to pieces in conducting a biological experiment. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century As he stands there the canary bird, the survivor of his happier days, to which he had clung with stubborn affection, begins “chittering feebly in its little gilt prison.” A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Animal psychology is no longer made up of hunting stories and queer observations on ants and wasps, and gossip about pet cats and dogs and canary birds. Psychology and Social Sanity Didn’t you ever hear of wild canary birds? Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike The cards appeared to obey his commands—rings were discovered in lady’s shoes—watches were beat to a powder and made whole—canary birds flew out of eggs. Japhet in Search of a Father "And I must have a new sled, and I want a set of furs and a canary bird," Phebe clamored. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen All unconscious of her hidden audience, she joyously trilled the canary bird's chorus. The Lilac Lady There isn't enough stuff here to feed a canary bird, let alone two human beings. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School Gardeners think it a troublesome weed; but the birds love its seed; canary birds delight in it; and each plant of the Ribgrass may grow many thousands of seeds in a summer. Woodland Tales Bonnie Bell had a couple of yellow canary birds which was able to set up and sing, which Old Man Wright said was almost more than he could do hisself. The Man Next Door She was turned into a fairy, and the kitten was turned into a canary bird, and he roosted on the fairy's shoulder, and then he began to sing. Marjorie's Busy Days Pull one of these nests to pieces for its materials; and place another nest before these canary birds as a pattern, and see if they will make the slightest attempt to imitate their model! Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin Well, you might call a mackerel gull a canary bird, I presume likely, but 'twouldn't make the thing sing no better. Fair Harbor You can't bear to think of a canary bird in pain.' VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea She hadn't ever seen a canary bird before. Mary Rose of Mifflin Oh, I starve myself; I don't eat enough to keep a canary bird alive, and yet I grow fatter and fatter all the time. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The boy appeared in a suit of yellow calico spotted with black, looking very much like a canary bird who had fallen into an inkstand. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag "Well, be sure and bring down a pink canary bird, anyway," advised Andy; and at this there was a general laugh. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets When I'm in love," I said, "I eat like a canary bird. We Three "Aunt Kate says I may keep her here because there isn't one word in that law about canary birds." Mary Rose of Mifflin "I'm sure I didn't eat more than my canary bird." Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter A few men moved about like dull-coated robins surrounded by orioles and canary birds. The Eagle's Heart Query.—Might not canary birds be naturalised to this climate, provided their eggs were put, in the spring, into the nests of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, etc? The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 "If canary birds and dogs can understand language, I do not see why Angel shouldn't." The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns "You can have canary birds," Mary Rose told her quickly. Mary Rose of Mifflin The 'yellow bird' is my canary bird, Cherry, given me by Captain Alden when we lived in Boston. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem My canary bird died the same year Cap'n Walker saved every other soul on board his ship and went down alone to the bottom with her. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The summer was well along when my canary bird shoots opened a vista. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 A great many creatures capture or captivate their mates by singing.—These are usually, but not always, birds, and include wily wagtails, larks, canary birds and the crested earwig. Here are Ladies "I haven't seen a canary bird for years," she murmured, more to herself than to Mary Rose. Mary Rose of Mifflin "I gave her a canary bird that I brought from the West Indies, if that is what you mean," replied the Captain. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem We, at least Ruth and I, do not want to be put in a cage and fed, like canary birds. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 If my two canary birds could be made to sing then would I also sing. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 It contained a vast number of nightingales, goldfinches, canary birds, larks, and other rare singing birds, and the vessels that held their seed were of the most sparkling jasper or agate. The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Lord keeps it there because she can't have any pets but canary birds in houses like this. Mary Rose of Mifflin Each rescuer carries with him a canary bird in a small cage attached to his shoulder. The Human Side of Animals A wolf cannot be trained in the same way as a setter dog, or a canary bird; and even among horses, the kind of treatment that a cart-horse thrives under, would ruin a thoroughbred completely. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post Poor Lees followed in a broken way, indicating sundry books, a guitar, two pairs of old boots, and a canary bird, as the relics of his fortune. Bohemian Days Three American Tales Thus Leslie had her flower-painting—few natural flowers she saw, poor girl—card boxes, worsted vases, eggshell baskets, embroidery pieces, canary bird, and books—the last greedily devoured. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Climbing the hill, too, Victoria saw that the golden colour was partly due to a monstrous swarm of ochre-hued locusts, large as young canary birds, which had settled, thick as yellow snow, over the ground. The Golden Silence Their ideal is not a safe life, but a full life; they do not try to follow the canary bird in a cage, but the eagle in the air. Damn! A Book of Calumny Not even a cat or a canary bird had she for companionship. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Some of these cubbyholes were so tiny that a canary bird could scarcely have hidden in them, while other places where the stewards looked would have hidden a giant. Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's Leila MacDonald was as a good canary bird, born to sing, and dutifully singing, but without the slightest comprehension of her song. The Butterfly House Her tone indicated that it was equally possible for canary birds to play the piano, or for ducks to sing. Flower of the Dusk Yesterday her pencil marks were delightfully indistinct, and made the most charming confusion between cats and dogs and canary birds. Wych Hazel There would have been no one to feed a cat, or a canary bird, or to water a rose bush, if she had had one. Faith Gartney's Girlhood As he did this the fish began swimming around swiftly, very much frightened, indeed, just as you may have seen a canary bird flutter in a cage when some cat came too close. The Story of a Candy Rabbit She laughed as a canary bird sings—because she couldn't help it. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists Most of the ingredients were quite easy to procure, being such as spiders' livers, kerosene oil and the teeth of canary birds, mixed together in a boiling caldron. The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People A canary bird, born in a cage, that never knew any other home, would be apt to die if it were turned loose to shift for itself and get its own living. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird The cards appeared to obey his commands—rings were discovered in lady's shoes—watches were beat to a powder and made whole—canary birds flew out of eggs. Japhet, in Search of a Father From the 8th to the 11th we had on board a canary bird, which we treated with the greatest care and kindness, but which nevertheless quitted us, probably for a certain death. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific It was like the anger of an infuriated canary bird or of some little child. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College A white mouse for every man and a canary bird for the lady. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary And it is well known, that the canary birds, that are propagated in this country, and the finches, that are kept tame, will build their nests of any flexile materials, that are given them. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life A weary expression came over that part of the soldier's face that was visible as he replied: "No, madam; I was cleaning out the canary bird cage, and the d——d bird bit me!" Best Short Stories Faith's canary bird was singing, at the top of its voice. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Now in case the ice cream man brings some nice, hot roast chestnuts for our canary bird, I'll tell you in another story about Uncle Wiggily, and Grandfather Goosey Gander. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures She had taken down from its hook in the corner sunlight the canary bird and his cage. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls January 15.—Every train brings women and children, hobby-horses and canary birds back to their homes in Johannesburg. A Woman's Part in a Revolution The live commodities were a maltese cat, a canary bird, and two raw recruits from Erin; and the "foolish boy" at once set about assigning places for people and things. Idle Hour Stories The eloquent blood crimsoned her cheeks, and clapping both her hands upon her face to conceal the blushes, she burst into a laugh as musical as the song of the canary bird. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times He was shown into a neat sitting-room, where a canary bird "fluttered" his hanging cage up and down. The Colossus A Novel A canary bird sings and a rattler rattles. The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine Next was the canary bird, Pitty-Sing, and last, but not least, five horn-toads which were nameless, but who lived peacefully together in a box with sand to burrow in. Prince Jan, St. Bernard We had one in a canary bird cage, three in Pa’s old hat boxes, three in Ma’s band box, four in valises, two in a trunk, and the rest in a closet up stairs. Peck's Compendium of Fun It is the autobiography of a canary bird, and every lover of the bird kind will read it with enthusiastic pleasure. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 "For Heaven's sake—do you think—canary birds are more valuable than I am?" he demanded stentoriously. The White Linen Nurse The canary birds sang, and a porter with a leather apron, having overcome a national inability to light a fire in the middle of the day, came to take me to my room. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front We have a suspicion that the poem was originally written by Isaac Watts, but that suspicion is impaired somewhat by another suspicion that there were no such things as canary birds in Isaac Watts's time. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 They were followed by the geisha, each girl carrying a little white china bottle shaped like a vegetable marrow, and a tiny cup like the bath which hygienic old maids provide for their canary birds. Kimono Grace took it up with an exclamation of surprise; which, however, was heard only by her canary birds and her plants. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel "Well, I put a canary bird back into its cage for you!" he confided laconically. The White Linen Nurse They remind me of beautiful canary birds, charming and pretty, but not fitted for the wear and tear of plantation life. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted The supper was a delicate one, suitable for canary birds, but at an early stage of the meal a savory little sirloin steak was brought on which had been cooked especially for me. A Bicycle of Cathay Jim had eaten up the canary bird, and she had broken the kitchen tongs. Ethelyn's Mistake Trained dogs and canary birds furnish astonishing examples of this. Essays of Schopenhauer All in one single second chintzes,—muslins,—pale blonde maples,—riotous canary birds,—stormed revolutionary upon his outraged eyes. The White Linen Nurse The poor little canary birds confined in their prisons, are very liable to disease, more especially inflammation of the bowels, asthma, epilepsy, and soreness of the bill. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 Mr. —— was softer and more languishing than ever, and appeared like a man who had been fed on honey off the tips of a canary bird's feather…. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss In the windows different flowers were growing, and from the balcony hung cages of goldfinches, nightingales, and canary birds; in a word, everything I saw was pretty, homelike, and pleasant. Armenian Literature The song of a canary bird, born and reared in a cage, never pleases me like the cheerful warbling or merry whistle of the wild, free birds of our woodlands. Small Means and Great Ends "What's the name of the canary bird I gave her last week?" Through the Wall Now, if our bathtub doesn't freeze up so the canary bird can't go in swimming I'll tell you presently about Buddy building a sand house. Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories A girl like that in a town such as Thorbury, with nobody to marry her but the rector, is as much out of place as a canary bird in a poultry yard. The Girl at Cobhurst A canary bird was singing in his cage. Jack Archer "Oh! nobody only I had an idea that you thought that I was as useless as a canary bird." Sowing and Reaping It isn't a canary bird, it's a bullfinch. Through the Wall There was time to buy California jewels in the bazaars—tourmalines and pearl-blisters—before the car came up, purring sweetly, and looking innocent as a cat gorged with canary birds. The Port of Adventure At one house near Moorfields, they found in one of the rooms some canary birds in cages, and these they cast into the fire alive. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty This cape was made of about three thousand five hundred pearls the size of a canary bird's egg, all exactly alike in color and perfectly round. Two Years in the Forbidden City I don't think that a canary bird is at all a useless thing. Sowing and Reaping Coquenil stared at his brown seal ring and then muttered savagely: "How did he know the name of that infernal canary bird?" Through the Wall He is like a cat watching a canary bird beyond his reach. Phil, the Fiddler There were big sunflowers for the canary bird, tiger lilies and phlox and zinnias and lady's-slippers and portulaca and hollyhocks,—giant hollyhocks. The Song of the Lark Yet now I look again—bless me!—sure no accident has happened among the canary birds or the gold fishes. She Stoops to Conquer I scoops up about a good, square meal for a canary bird, an' he makes me cough up half of it. The Mucker The canary bird is domesticated but not acclimatized, and many of our most extensively cultivated plants are in the same category. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Late in the afternoon his canary bird, in its gilt cage just over his head, began to sing. McTeague He went on, stimulated by this comparison, to liken some to hippopotamuses, some to canary birds, some to swine, some to parrots, and some to loathsome reptiles curled round the half-decayed bodies of sheep. The Voyage Out Indeed he can think of no other being; and his child, his canary bird, his cook-maid, or his cat, are the most extraordinary of God's creatures. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor There were tea-things on the table; a canary bird singing loudly in a cage beside the window; and a suit of man's clothes with a clean shirt hanging over a chair near the fire. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II She do be sayin' that Larry's a cute little fellow, and she has him in to play where she is, and he gets to hear the canary bird sing, so he does. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys By the one window, chittering all day in its little gilt prison, hung the canary bird, a tiny atom of life that McTeague still clung to with a strange obstinacy. McTeague A little canary bird, the only pet poor Lingave could afford to keep, chirp'd merrily in its cage on the wall. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Bertha went to live in the tiny room with the canary bird and the engraving of the "Rock of Ages." In the Arena Stories of Political Life "It is for you," she responded, "The rain is no more to me than it is to a red squirrel, but you, poor canary bird, your yellow head should be safe in its own cage." An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada All at once the canary bird began to sing a song—the song which father and daughter recognized at once as the one which the Count had composed and taught his children. After Long Years and Other Stories Two men from Keeler had made a strike, the peddler had said, and added the curious detail that one of the men had a canary bird in a cage with him. McTeague In the window was a canary bird, in a gilt cage, and near by, the harp that had been in Julia's arms. The Crayon Papers The Irishman, at this question, let out a howl of indignation and answered, "Am I very badly wounded, what bloody cheek; no, I'm not wounded, I've only been kicked by a canary bird." Over the Top But before pouring on the naphtha and lighting the flame they freed his canary bird. The Log of a Noncombatant The canary bird was hung in the same place it had graced before it was sold to the fancier. After Long Years and Other Stories The most surprising instances of this are furnished by trained dogs and canary birds. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism Her pet canary bird, who hung close by, was awakened by the music, and burst forth into an emulating strain. The Crayon Papers That's all very well," he reflected, gloomily, as, at a pass of his hand, the air was filled with canary birds; "that's all very well, but suppose I should slip up? The Green Mouse Now," the aunt cried into the noise, "if you behave like two canary birds who suddenly have become crazy, no human being can understand a word. Erick and Sally In this locality, large numbers of canary birds were raised and sold and sent far and wide to other countries. After Long Years and Other Stories The breakfast proceeds in sombre silence, save that sometimes a parrot, and sometimes a canary bird, ventures to utter a timid note. Domestic Manners of the Americans The money had been expended in the purchase of a disreputable old canary bird, for which Noaks, the manservant, had agreed to find board and lodging during the Christmas vacation. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs A sitting-room on the ground floor had even a round window with plants in it and a canary bird singing in a cage. The Head of the House of Coombe "Your forehead looks quite clean and neat, and you have shiny eyes like a canary bird, and you don't look like an owl any more." Cornelli When she awoke one morning, she found the window-sills filled with potted geraniums, her favorite flowers, and a beautiful canary bird hanging above them in a pretty golden cage. After Long Years and Other Stories The sauce was yellow and fluffy like the breast of a canary bird. Three Soldiers A girl who habitually forgets to feed her kitten or her canary birds, will be apt to forget her child later in life. The True Citizen, How to Become One Personally, I dislike food, and, if I had my way, would make a canary bird look like a heavy eater. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs You have killed your mother's canary bird, and she has jawed you till she went into hysterics. 7th. Nature and Human Nature On the following morning, there was brought into this lowly hut another guest who had rendered such helpful service in the speedy reuniting of the separated family—the little canary bird. After Long Years and Other Stories Then she related the story of the liberated canary bird. The Hollow of Her Hand Call in a lot o' these dodgasted canary birds to fight the hawks? Viola Gwyn And there was a banquet in a studio in New York, when a huge pie had been brought on, from which a half-nude girl had emerged, with a flock of canary birds about her! The Metropolis "Miss Florence's canary bird died," he explained to Father Blossom. Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island I'm not quite so much, fur's tonnage goes, but I ain't exactly a canary bird. Cape Cod Stories She was to have a full year in which to determine whether she should accept toil and poverty as her lot, or emulate the symbolic example of Dicky the canary bird. The Hollow of Her Hand Perhaps you think I've handed out to you An idle jest, a touch-me-not, absurd As any sky-blue-pink canary bird, Billed for a record season at the Zoo. The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum You may be sure that the female cat or canary bird is just as efficient in her department as the male in his. South Wind I will give you a cage full of the prettiest canary birds you ever looked at. Beulah As for example, how loud is the song of the nightingale and the little canary bird. Swiss Family Robinson It seems he had spent her money and slugged her and killed her canary bird, and told it around that she had cold feet. Rolling Stones Home life was still further suggested by a canary bird in a gilt cage, a sleepy cat, and two pots of red geraniums. The Blazed Trail Birds, some like blackbirds, linnets, canary birds, and other very small. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland I'm near 60, and yit I've got a muskle into my arms which don't make my fists resemble the tread of a canary bird when they fly out and hit a man. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous Dun How would you like the left wing of a canary bird? Our American Cousin One day Mme. de B—, being with the Prince de Conti, hinted that she would like a miniature of her canary bird set in a ring. The Ancient Regime Great yellow fellows the size of small canary birds, darting through the air with behind them drifting a bunch of legs a couple of inches long. The Cruise of the Snark One of the canary bird crowd got a broken arm. The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show You are as silly as a canary bird. Carmen I have two tame pigeons and a tiny canary bird. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy Nothing bigger than a canary bird can be harbored here. Further Adventures of Lad Her anchor's gone, and I wouldn't trust her main topmast to carry anything bigger'n a handkerchief, nor that in a breeze no more powerful than a canary bird's breath. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights "There, I guess we won't hear any more from our canary bird friend today," decided Teddy, strutting about and throwing out his chest. The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show There by the casement sat Miss Trotwood still; close by, her cat And her canary birds. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets Now obsolete among the careful, or confined to the wife, a bull pup and a canary bird. The Foolish Dictionary An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few pictures [not included] Loretta, I don’t eat enough to keep a canary bird alive. A Collection of Stories The canary birds that sing so sweetly in your home come from these islands. The true story of Christopher Columbus, called the Great Admiral Query…..Might not canary birds be naturalized to this climate, provided their eggs were put in the spring, into the nests of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, etc. The Natural History of Selborne Georgiana would chatter nonsense to her canary bird by the hour, and take no notice of me. Jane Eyre |
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