| 单词 | daw |
| 例句 | He fell the daw which took him in the chest He felt himself turning somersaults slowly, with a cruel weight on top of him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Guenever looked upon the six lioncels passant regardant —they were marching along with red tongues and daws, winking pertly over their backsides and waving their flame- tipped tails. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The slashes on the hems of her jeans looked suspiciously like daw marks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon the darkness was full of daws, full of the awful unknown and menace. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The old gentleman scratched about with his great daws until he had turned up a dirty bundle of papers, one corner of which had been used for lighting something. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about turning me into a panther instead? One that has her daws at your throat!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was at the end of the first Elizabethan age that Shakespeare's Iago said: "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at." The new Elizabethan age: the arts, architecture, fashion and technology 2012-05-30T19:00:12Z Elsewhere, Botswana and Tanzania played out a 3-3 daw and there were also stalemates between Oman and Egypt, whose meeting ended 1-1, and Niger and Nigeria who failed to score in their match. Zambia lose as Ivory Coast held 2012-08-15T17:33:25Z "A daw in jay's feathers!" said he, scornfully. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Gradually the fabric fell into decay, the owl hooted on the landing of the grand stair-case, and the daw and martin flitted unmolested through the deserted halls. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z Landau, lan′daw, n. a coach or carriage with a top which may be opened and thrown back. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z So he came to the prudent conclusion that he would not wear his heart for daws to peck at, but would for a while leave his mistress to her own devices. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Where the lark to early matins used your clergy forth to call, There, alas! no tongue is stirring, save the daw's upon the wall. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z Here, you daw in peacock's feathers--like my son, indeed? Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z It is mainly a pastoral country with large areas of rich, low grass land, and ranges of high hills, where there are many rocky precipices such as the daw loves. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Jackdaw, jak′daw, n. a species of crow. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z And they lay still and sleeped sound, Until the day began to daw;50 And kindly to him she did say, "It is time, true love, you were awa." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Daw, daw, n. a bird of the crow kind: a jackdaw.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z This fire took place on April 18, The Abbey destroyed by the accidental firing of a daw's nest. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z No county in England is richer in noble churches, and no kind of building seems more attractive to the "ecclesiastical daw" than the great Perpendicular tower of the Glastonbury type, which is so common here. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The cawing of crows and of daws was heard then above them a second time. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z If our fighting Buccaneer did this sort of thing, every daw from the mainland would invade the nest of the eagle, and peck him to death, and suck his eggs. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z She was one who demanded the firstlings of the flock; he was nothing save carrion for daws to peck at. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z The daws, with cawing clamorousness, flew to and fro across the abyss, and crept into the crevices of the rock where their nests were. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z But the cathedral daws, on account of their numbers, are the most important of the feathered inhabitants of Wells. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z If he played at cards he waited impatiently for his adversary to ask him for a heart, and would reply, "I wear not my heart on my sleeve for daws to peck at—hem!" Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z The clamorous daws, that all the day Above tree-tops and towers play, Pair by pair had gone to rest, Each in ancient belfry-nest, Where asleep they fall betimes, To music and the drowsy chimes. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z We peck, like the Alpine daw, at everything shiny, and carry the red-hot coals aside as if they were gold-pieces, and set houses on fire with them. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Many happy hours they passed in each other's company, but they did not parade their love, nor "wear their hearts upon their sleeves for daws to peck at." The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z These city birds are familiarly called "Bishop's Jacks," to distinguish them from the "Ebor Jacks," the daws that in large numbers have their home and breeding-place in the neighbouring cliffs, called the Ebor Rocks. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z It’s hard to compete with efforts to daw eyeballas at all costs, particularly in the conventional blog/online magazine format. Dot Earth: Alex Steffen, a Designing Optimist 2011-03-02T17:37:11Z A cry was raised above, and soon the answering voices resembled a chorus of daws frightened round a dark steeple by the shadow of a bird of prey. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z At night it is defended by daws and beetles, noisy but harmless. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z It's a rook's wing feather; but, true as truth, it was sticking out of the daw behind, like the tail of a comet. Deep Moat Grange The Grainger rock, once a favourite breeding-place of the daws at that point, has long since fallen into the sea, and the saying has perhaps died out. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z As he was standing at his door one day a countryman came up to him with a nest of jackdaws, and accosting him, says, "Master, will you buy a nest of daws?" Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The daws and the owls, with wild, long cry Pass screeching by; On the fast-closed casements their heads they smite, Burn in the smoke-drifts their pinions light, Then, broken with terror and bruised with flight. Poems of Emile Verhaeren My heart is bedded in a crust of flint, and no daw shall peck at it. The Day of His Youth You see, the daw was with the rooks scratchin' about in a plowed field near the ellums, and it might have come from anywhere. Deep Moat Grange In April, when the daws are busiest at their nest-building, I have amused myself early every morning watching them flying to the front in a constant procession, every bird bringing his stick. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z They chattered like daws, and their talk was as a whiff of fresh air from the open sea, while the train ran eastward under the Aravalis. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In learning to sing the "ah" or Italian "�," always use words like "saw," "raw," "law," "paw," "daw," "gnaw," sustaining the tone. What Every Singer Should Know See-saw, jack a daw, What is a craw to do wi' her? The Nursery Rhymes of England Besides, there are woolly-mouthed men and chattering daws who say secretly that we of the North are boasters, and that we tell ill tales. Seeds of Pine The inland-cliff breeding daws that inhabit the valley of the Somerset Axe alone probably greatly outnumber all the daws in Middlesex, or Surrey, or Essex. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z They chattered like daws and shovelled down the sickly liquor that made the rooms reek. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Shakespeare always refers to the jackdaw as the “daw.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare With them a daw ‘is reckoned a religious bird, Because it keeps a cawing from the steeple.’ The London Pulpit Lone and dreadful lies the waste And the black daws sit in swarms On the bleached and rotten pines, Flapping with their weary wings. Atta Troll This may be seen in daws, choughs, pipits, and many other species. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Like Burke, he has not "hung his heart upon his sleeve for daws to peck at." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. In the bill, All's printed now for crows and daws to peck, You'll find four shillings for his winding sheet. Collected Poems Volume Two And they lay still and sleep�d sound, Until the day began to daw, And softly unto him she said, "It 's time, true love, you were awa'." The Balladists Famous Scots Series On their saying: “Father, what kind of bird is it?” he replied: “To my certain knowledge he is a daw; but he will have it that he is an eagle.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Here one day I saw about a dozen sheldrakes in the midst of an immense congregation of rooks, daws, and starlings feeding among some cows. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Him the daw pursues, On plumes quick waving, curious all to learn. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II He had a warm heart, although he did not wear it on his sleeve for daws to peck at. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 “A miserly daw, who would not risk a crown to save the crown.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Not only are the rooks there in legions, having their rookeries in the park, but, throughout the forest, daws, carrion crows, jays, and magpies are abundant. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z They were poor creatures, the daws who pecked at that manly heart, so stanch and warm and constant. The Martian From the dark thorn-hedge rustles forth the owl, and by his hooting rouses the hoarse choir of the ravens; in night-black swarm they gather, and croak aloud with their hollow voices, magpies, crows, and daws! The Wagnerian Romances The great white sea-mews flew over her head, and screamed as the crows and daws screamed at home in the garden of the manor house. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The nightingales were all turned out, And daws put in. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Yet there are doubtless some hollow trees into which the daw is not permitted to intrude. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z What better is the house where the daw rises soon? The Proverbs of Scotland The last would prove fallacious, and expose you to the reproach of the daw in borrowed feathers. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. The crows and daws might have called out another name for her, which we know better. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen “We being respectable singing birds must not be caught in the net along with the black dervish daws.” In the Mahdi's Grasp The daw, whether tame or distrustful of man, is always interesting. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He that marries a daw eats muckle dirt. The Proverbs of Scotland Those birds which have now assumed a font-name, such as Jack daw, Mag pie, of course occur without it as surnames, e.g. The Romance of Names Over the ferry-house the crows and daws were flying with loud cries; one could hardly hear the church bells for their screaming. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen There many a bird of broadest pinion built Secure her nest, the owl, the kite, and daw Long-tongued, frequenter of the sandy shores. The Odyssey of Homer Cowper's notion of the daw's voice, by the way, was just as false as that expressed by Ruskin, as we may find in his paraphrase of Vincent Bourne's lines to that bird:— Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He who is connected with a "daw," or drab, has many troubles to put up with. The Proverbs of Scotland The world knew; his heart was on his sleeve for daws to peck at. The Music Master Novelized from the Play What wonder if the daws pecked at it? The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time And when people wear their hearts upon their sleeves, the daws will come and peck at them. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him The Ebor daws are but the first of a succession of colonies extending along the side of the Cheddar valley. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Rise when the day daws, bed when the night fa's. The Proverbs of Scotland How they would chatter over it like a pair of daws in the same nest. Patsy At length he gained the object of his ambition, and transferred the horrified daws from their native home to his own warm but unnatural bosom, in which he buttoned them up tight. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines But Shakespeare says, "'When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When ring the woods with rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks,'" objected Prissie. The Princess of the School It is not to be doubted that the daw was once a builder in trees, like all his relations, with the exception of the cliff-breeding chough. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Now it was a white eagle, then a vividly plumaged kingfisher, or a kind of black, racket-tailed daw with glossy plumage. Middy and Ensign Mungo," said the Count, "the daw, if my memory fails me not, had his plumes pecked off him, but I seem fated to retain my borrowed feathers until I pluck myself. Doom Castle “That minds me, Jack,” said Maggot, “that I seed a daw’s nest here the last time I come along, so lev us go an’ stroob that daw’s nest.” Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines And there, sure enough, had sat the daw with his head in his pocket, and one leg put away for the present until he wanted it again. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn Other daws followed suit, and in a few minutes there was a stream of descending and ascending daws at that spot, every ascending bird with a stick in his beak. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Oh yes, she knew what he had taught the daw to say, but then she was a child, she durst not deem it more. The Armourer's Prentices "You behold, Mungo, the daw in borrowed plumes," said Count Victor as the door was being barred again. Doom Castle “I hope the daws ain’t the worse of their ducking?” asked Billy, with an expression of anxious interest. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines We do not “wear our hearts” on our sleeve “for daws to peck at!” She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Immediately five more daws followed, and the crowd of seven birds began eagerly pecking at the animal's hide. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Another very unlikely spot is made use of by daws as a place to breed in, and that is Stonehenge. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 "I hope the daw felt more comfortable than I do in mine," and he ruefully surveyed his apparel. Doom Castle Several times he tried to gain a footing, and at each effort the juvenile daws—as yet ignorant of the desperate nature of man—opened their little eyes to the utmost in undisguised amazement. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines The man who wears his heart on his sleeve cannot wonder if daws peck at it. Friendship Deer, too, like cows, are very grateful to the daw for its services. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He stuck them into his own tail, and, thinking himself too fine to mix with the other daws, strutted off to the peacocks, expecting to be welcomed as one of themselves. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 Ruling, whistling shrill on high, Where yon turrets kiss the sky, Teasing with thy idle din Drowsy daws at rest within; Long thou lov'st to sport and spring On thy never-wearying wing. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century For full five minutes Maggot wriggled and the daws gazed, and the anxious comrade above watched the vibrations and jerks of the part of the rope that was visible to him while he listened intently. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines The meaning given in the dictionaries for grajo is “daw.” 329-4 This word, as a name of a fish, is Portuguese. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 In this case a small colony of daws have been noticed for several years past breeding in stick nests placed among the clustering foliage of a group of Scotch firs. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z To peck like daws at one so far above them, so divinely far above them! Parrot & Co. A flock of daws suddenly bursts out from a turret, and round and round they wheel, as if in panic. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country And they lay still and sleepit sound, Till the day began to daw; And kindly to him she did say, "It is time, love, you were awa'." The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural Far from "wearing his heart upon his sleeve for daws to peck at," it seemed to have been weaned years agone, and my milk of human kindness fell flat as any whipped syllabub. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Here the daws had their most populous settlement. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He was of quite imperturbable cheerfulness, delighted in small jokes, and would chatter like a daw when occasion served him. The Quest of the Simple Life And they lay still and sleepit sound Until the day began to daw; And kindly she to him did say, "It is time, true love, you were awa'." The Haunted Hour An Anthology "If you had behaved as well as you look I would see no cause for complaint," said her mother coolly; "but a 'daw in borrowed feathers' is never a pretty sight." Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Lest his sensitive feelings be hurt by finding himself a humble daw among the peacocks of the rich, gay world, she bought seats in the balcony and wore her shabbiest gown. Greenwich Village But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. Familiar Quotations Roasted daw, steamed widgeon and grilled quail— On every fowl they fare. More Translations from the Chinese As the hawk Swift-wing'd before him starlings drives or daws, So thou, Patroclus, of equestrian fame! The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The principal species are ... puffins, gulls, cormorants, Cornish choughs, the eider duck, auks, divers, guillemots, razor-bills, widgeons, willocks, daws, starlings, and pigeons. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. He had cast out his heart for the rooks and the daws. The Grey Cloak The drum and fife had once been heard within these walls—the only music now is the cawing of the rook and daw. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met Nay, if it comes to that," rejoined Richard, "why do not you and Sherborne wear it, instead of flaunting like daws in borrowed plumage? The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest When the ice-crack flies and flaws, Shore to shore, with thunder shock, Deeper than the evening daws, Clearer than the village clock. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal It’s grown up they are now; but whin they wint daws’-nesting to the top there, the little blackguards weren’t above knee-high, if so much.” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 For the latter are a people who certainly do not wear their hearts on their sleeves for daws to peck at. Ulster's Stand For Union Here are a dozen of them: core = caw. door = daw*. floor = flaw*. hoar* = haw. lore* = law. more = maw*. oar, ore = awe*. pore = paw. roar = raw. soar, sore = saw, saw. tore = taw. yore* = yaw. Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones Yet if there ever was a man who did not wear his heart upon his sleeve for daws to peck at, it was Robert Browning. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women Figure to yourselves a crowd of fops, chattering like a flock of daws, carrying their stools in their hands, and settling around, and sometimes upon the stage itself, with as much noise as possible. The Drama I sometimes wonder whether I wear my heart upon my sleeve for those pleasant daws to peck at. Sweetapple Cove Shy gamesome girls, small daring imps of boys, But gentle, almost silent at their play— Their fledgling daws, for food, make far more noise Ranged on the ledge than they. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Blue martins gossiped in the sun, And pairs of chattering daws flew by, And sailing brigs rocked softly on In company. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. The sun came out and came out and came out; birds chirruped in the hedgerows and the daws in the high poplars called and scolded. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women But today it is all a crumbling heap; ivy, rooks and daws hold the place in fee, each pushing hard for sole possession. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great The jay, the rook, the daw, And each harsh pipe, discordant heard alone, Aid the full concert: while the stock-dove breathes A melancholy murmur through the whole. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations My care she knoweth not, no nor the cause, White rose, red rose about her hung, And I aloft with the doves and the daws. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. And they lay still and sleeped sound, Until the day began to daw; And kindly to him she did say, "It is time, true love, you were awa'." Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition "The other side from whence the morning daws." The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 So may the superannuated eagle be pecked at by daws. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 483, April 2, 1831 That word is not so descriptive of the jackdaw, since it suggests 'coarse bursts of laughter', and the coarseness is absent from the fussy vulgarity and mere needless jabber of the daw. Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems The general warbling continues, with now and then an interruption by the transient croak of the raven, the scream of the jay, or the pert chattering of the daw. The Illustrated London Reading Book Then these greedy daws will chase the smaller birds as they fly away with any dainty morsel, and compel them to give it up. A Cotswold Village Oh yes, she knew what he had taught the daw to say, but then she was a child, she durst not deem it more. The Armourer's Prentices Thou daw, wilt thou reed me In my youth to lose my jollity? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Dor-hawk may be a name for the nightjar, but properly dorr is not; and if it were, it would be forbidden by daw so long as it neglected its trill. Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems Not any of them make greater account of those smatterers at Greek than if they were daws. The Praise of Folly O'er whose low cells the dock and mallow spread, And rampant nettles lift the spiry head, Whilst from the hollows of the tower on high The grey-cap'd daws in saucy legions fly. The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem This is the opinion most commonly Thoroughout the world, and yet no reason why; Therefore in my mind, when that all such daws Have babbled what they can, no force of two straws! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Fy, Harry, bid the daws seek their food elsewhere, for a gentleman may not wear his heart upon his sleeve. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes A daw of the people, she had tried to peacock it among the gentry. The Mountebank I know, of course, that deep feeling is silent, and that the secrets of Christian experience are not to be worn on the sleeve for daws to peck at. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts And as I always like to learn the history of every pet daw I come across, I went down to the cottage the cry usually came from to make enquiries. A Traveller in Little Things "Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw." A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Others, from Kaiten, daws, of which there are great numbers on their coast. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus The woodpecker could be heard amidst the pines, and daws, tomtits and bullfinches carolled merrily as they spread their wings and preened their plumage in the sun. Tales of the Wilderness Rooks and starlings would immediately fall to work, while the daws, the flock breaking up into small parties of three or four, would distribute themselves about the village and perch on the chimney-pots. Birds in Town and Village I did not venture to cross-question her; but the history of the daw came to me soon enough—on the evening of the same day in fact. A Traveller in Little Things At her feet were assembled hens, turkeys, ducks, pigeons, sparrows and daws. The Precipice He chattered away like a garrulous daw, perched upon the step; while we three in the van were just leaving the sunlight of life for the darkness of imprisonment. Prisoner for Blasphemy Rooks, of course, and jackdaws,—daws love hollow trees,—jays, and some magpies. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Why, then, does the daw, more injurious to the game-preserver and henwife than any one of these lost hawks, continue to flourish and increase in numbers? Birds in Town and Village The system of government will appear, not a regular and proportioned beauty, like the pheasant of India, but a gaudy and glaring system of unconnected parts, like Esop's daw with borrowed feathers. Four Early Pamphlets You stammering slave, hence! chat among your daws. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 There was no time to be lost, for the whole clan came round me like a flock of daws. Salute to Adventurers "Keep clear of the daws, my son, and it does no harm," responded the Major. The Battle Ground Don't imagine that the daws restrict themselves to the chimneys where fires are not lighted. Birds in Town and Village There rises a loud though distant clamour of rooks and daws, who have restlessly moved in their roost-trees. The Life of the Fields Be we then wise in handling of the laws, Not making a confused noise like daws In chambers, yea let us seek to excel, To each man's profit; this is ruling well. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 When he swooped closer the dove would spring up and meet him in the air, striking him at the moment of meeting, and again the daw would be beaten. Afoot in England Women are like daws; their sympathy comes but to peck. Half a Rogue The head keeper at Trevelloe, a remarkably vigorous and intelligent octogenarian who has been in his place over half a century, gave me some interesting information about the daws. Birds in Town and Village If he had strutted about under Jane's admiring eyes, like a peacock among daws, he now walked serene, a peacock among peacocks. The Fortunate Youth The young peer was obliged to confess the truth; and then there arose such a clamor as may be fancied took place among the peacocks, when they discovered the daw among them in masquerade. The Monikins Rooks and daws were congregating on the bushes, where their black figures served to intensify the red-gold tints of the foliage. Afoot in England In the bushes of the garden, and the tall poplars that bordered the moat, blackbirds and fieldfares chattered their winter evening song, while about the grey tower of the neighbouring church the daws still wheeled. The Lady of Blossholme After that mother and father said they'd keep the daw a little longer, and then he could let it go at a distance where there were other daws about. Birds in Town and Village She was a humble daw and knew her station. The Fortunate Youth The daws are taking short excursions from the steeple, and tamer fowls have gone home from the darkening and dewy green. Life of Bunyan [Works of the English Puritan divines] But in June, he said, when the daws brought off their young, the doves entered into possession once more, and were then permitted to rear their young in peace. Afoot in England "By my fur and daws, you're a long time coming to his message," said the cat on the back of the chair; "what was it, anyway?" The King of Ireland's Son So he wrapped it up so as it shouldn't know where it was going and went off two or three miles along the coast, and let it go where there were other daws. Birds in Town and Village She was as pretty, as sensible, as helpful a little daw as ever chattered; but the young peacock never for an instant forgot her daw-dom. The Fortunate Youth Once among the towers above, she became so interested in the windy corridors, mildewed dungeons, and the tribe of daws peering invidiously upon her from overhead, that she forgot the flight of time. The Hand of Ethelberta Great was my happiness to find them still there, as well as the daws and all the other feathered people who make this great building their home; even the kestrels were not wanting. Afoot in England Spare her the cruel pain Of finding her whole life a prey for daws; Of hearing with quickened sense and burning brain The world's sneer-tinged applause. Poems of Cheer His aunt told him to carry it to the park, where he'd find other daws and settle down. Birds in Town and Village The staircase was choked with daws’ nests and feathers, but I cleared them out.’ Two on a Tower When she woke the daws were cawing around the tower and the sun shone through the loopholes. Red Eve There were three there one morning, quarrelling with the daws in the old way in the old place, halfway up the soaring spire. Afoot in England Gentlemen, quoth Aesop, I remember you derided my dialogue of the daws and rooks; and now you can admire and believe as improbable a story of dolphins. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Even the ornithologists who are interested in birds as birds haven't a good word to say of the daw. Birds in Town and Village Till the rooks and daws whirled clamoring and screaming. Otto of the Silver Hand The people of Rome were possessed of no less a prey than the empire of the world, when the nobility turned tails, and perched among daws upon the tower of monarchy. The Commonwealth of Oceana He was represented, in a hundred pamphlets, as the daw in borrowed plumes. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Everyone rose with the daw, and went down to the river to bathe; then came the never-failing cup of rich and strong coffee, after which all proceeded to their avocations. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Now she is gone the daws here are in possession of it once more. Birds in Town and Village Eagles commonly fly alone: they are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. The Duchess of Malfi Patroclus was enraged by the death of his comrade, and sped through the front ranks as swiftly as a hawk that swoops down on a flock of daws or starlings. The Iliad "But not for daws to peck at—that is the heart," laughed Mr. Ayrton. Phyllis of Philistia The daws may peck upon one's sleeve without injury, but whoever wears his heart upon his tympanum gets it not far from the neck. Strictly business: more stories of the four million On his return he found that the daws had been before him and that all his precious chicks had been carried off. Birds in Town and Village He sat among the woods, he heard The sylvan merriment: he saw The pranks of butterfly and bird, The humours of the ape, the daw. Ban and Arriere Ban Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knives point, and choke a daw withal. Much Ado about Nothing Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knife's point, and choke a daw withal:—You have no stomach, signior; fare you well. Much Ado about Nothing Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knife's point, and choke a daw withal. Much Ado about Nothing Human beings to him are simply larger daws, and unlike the pie he can play his tricks and be himself among them as freely as when with his feathered comrades. Birds in Town and Village Another very unlikely spot is made use of by daws as a place to breed in, and that is Stonehenge. The Natural History of Selborne And they lay still and sleepit sound Until the day began to daw'; And kindly she to him did say, 'It is time, true love, you were awa'.' Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Again the same fields, in some places black where they had been dug up, in others of a greenish hue; wet daws and crows; monotonous rain; a tearful sky, without one gleam of light!... Taras Bulba and Other Tales Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knives point, and choke a daw withal. Much Ado about Nothing “Chattering daws,” Martin muttered under his breath, and went on talking with Ruth and Arthur. Martin Eden |
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