| 单词 | linnet |
| 例句 | A startled linnet fled from the whirling blades towards the rose-garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Louder yet calmer than they, among the trees, sounded the yellowhammer, the linnet and greenfinch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Blending poetry, criticism and science, 24 humorous essays defend the life of beings from platypuses and linnets to photosynthetic bacteria. Newly Published, From ‘Shaun of the Dead’ to Patricia Highsmith 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z "He knew the hardship of farmers in the 1920s and 30s but he knew it was also incredibly beautiful; there was an amazing wild profusion of yellowhammers, nightingales, linnets, that are a rare sight today." Suffolk nature writer Ronald Blythe dies aged 100 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Tinkling and whistling parties of linnets dance over the bushes. Country diary: a coughing cuckoo catches my attention 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Many of the lyrics on “Myths and Mortals” date back more than a century, which is why the New Zeitgeist is singing of fairies, fables and linnet’s wings. Review: The New Zeitgeist’s music connects Dublin and Austin 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z We saw a group of linnets, but those birds, he told me, travel in packs, and unfortunately the solitary yellowhammer stayed hidden beneath the gorse. Mother nature and St. Andrews: James Hutchinson's secret wars: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z These included the linnet, the yellowhammer, starling and lapwing. Farmland bird count comes to an end 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Ms Shaw said it would set up a new nature reserve to provide a home for a variety of birds including skylarks, linnets, yellowhammers, buzzards and kestrels. Trust aims to buy Dambuster airfield 2013-07-20T06:28:07Z Under the green leaves, where the birds sung, And merry, merry music filled the whole; For Mary sat there, And all her care Was to outsing the linnet,--Dear little soul! The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z For as behind the bush we lay, The linnet flutter’d on the spray. Moores Fables for the Female Sex 2012-04-24T02:00:20.600Z The linnets are model birds in their domestic life. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Birds of passage include the buzzard, kite, quail, wild fowl of various kinds, golden thrush, wagtail, linnet, finch and nightingale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z And again: "The creature we help to save, though only a half-reared linnet, bruised and lost by the wayside—how we watch and fence it, and dote on its signs of recovery." A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z The storm is still, the rain hath ceased To vex the beauty of the east: A linnet singeth in the wood His hermit song of gratitude. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z Where larks and linnets sing so sweet, To cheer each lively swain, Let each prove true unto her lover, And so farewell the plain.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z There are no birds in this region which domesticate so readily as the linnets, and which improve more on an intimate acquaintance. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z If the swallow and the linnet fill themselves with the refuse fragments of our abundance, shall not I think of a poor brother-mortal who has need of my assistance? Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z The stripling shepherd wand'ring thro' the wood Startles the linnet from her downy nest, Or wreathes his crook with flowers, The sweetest of the fields. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z From this point the eye glances up through the wooded glen, echoing with the songs of the mavis and the linnet, and over to a mineral well, sheltered by copsewood and pines. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The sparrow-hawk, duck, and pelican may live to be forty, while the peacock and linnet reach the quarter century, and the canary twenty-four years. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Later still, orioles, thrushes, robins, linnets, and a wild mockingbird without any name, go down not only to drink, but to lave in the waters. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Red-polls, linnets, and even canaries, were kept in desks, drawers, hat-boxes, and other strange refuges for birds; but white mice were the favorite stock. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z When he bought the place it consisted of several fields and a wood, where cows pastured, and the notes of thrushes, linnets, and blackbirds filled the air. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The linnet has long gone to bed, close hidden under the whin bush. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z "And say when you come to her and have sent that wagabone packing off to his Lunnon, say the linnets are piping away down in Hampshire, will 'ee?" The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It was well enough that the finch, the linnet, the chat and the sparrow, had plucked the cherries, sampled the plums, and had taken kindly to the mellow side of the pears. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The bird-catcher then drew out from the ground the peg which held down the linnet, and left the dead bird lying in the net. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The Chevalier and I are worse than all that; he is as loving as an angel, passionate as a seraph, while I am as gay as a linnet, and malicious as a demon. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Likewise grosbeak, linnet, wren— And all the fairies joined "amen!" The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z For he, too, is green in colour; like Wordsworth's green linnet, Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z In the first of these we have the robin; in the second, the lark; and in the third, the linnet. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The sweetness of its flowers, snowy white, or pink, or rose-colored, turns rural England into a garden, while linnets and skylarks fill the green lanes with music. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z There are linnets and greenfinches in the hedges, and warblers among the snow-white blossoms of the may. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The thrush, the linnet and the goldfinch, robin and the wren, Awake the Sun from his sweet reverie upon the mountains. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Of these I will only mention the blackcap, linnet, and tree-pipit. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The altitude was too great for the home of robin and linnet. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z “I think,” said Ida, “I should like a linnet, if I knew how to treat it.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z As well might the linnet beg the hawk to deliver her from the talons of the owl. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z ‘But, not for all the women that ever made fools of their husbands would I part with the linnet with the crown of gold.’ The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z The lark, high in air, thrilling out his wild melody, and the rose-breasted wee linnet were the only songsters on these lonely moorlands. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The robin, thrush, oriole and linnet will come early and stay late. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The sun is still high in the heavens, summer days are long, I’ll go and look for my linnet’s nest; I haven’t seen one this year yet. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z For the sky’s dear bird O’er the waves is heard; And the linnet’s flute Like a fairy’s lute. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z But be all that as it may, what about giving me the linnet?’ The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z The crying wind, the sighing trees, The ruffled stars, the darkness falling Down the sky, and on the breeze A belated linnet calling. The Adventures of Seumas Beg The Rocky Road to Dublin 2011-08-27T02:00:23.463Z The song-sparrow begins to twitter, finches and linnets hop about; and down in the oaks the robins sing, and the woodpeckers are tapping the dry limbs overhead. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Pop—I am at the right bush now, and out flies the modest wee female linnet. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The linnets were already twittering in the bushes, and many larks were high in the sky, singing to greet another dawn. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Lareen was a fool not to sell the linnet when he got the first good offer. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z "Evo�, Evo�," a linnet sighs, "Seek where the sisterly marshes are, Where the marigold twinkles, a golden star, Where willow and alder hide the river, Where timid reed-warblers tremble and shiver." The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z The sand-bag faker was moved by no particular love of linnets. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z “Books! ’tis a dull and endless strife, Come and hear the woodland linnet; How sweet his music! Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z There, is a group of elms near the further end of the enclosure and another by the rickyard; linnets seem fond of elms. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z So the linnet drenched in the storm, will, while yet shivering, begin to sing and hop from branch to branch with the first sunbeam. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z Books! ’tis a dull and endless strife; Come, hear the woodland linnet— How sweet his music! on my life, There’s more of wisdom in it! McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z They who are steeped in the chill indifference of mundane interests will no more heed them than such heed the skylark's or the linnet's song, which they resemble. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Nor could a better pet be found for girls of a quiet, retiring disposition than the linnet. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The brown linnet is another regular visitor building in the orchard; so too the blackcap, whose song, though short, is sweet; and the bold bright bullfinches use the close-cropped hawthorn. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Do you expect the eagle to descend to a linnet's nest and dwell there? On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z "I," said the linnet, "Will come in a minute, I'll bear the torch." National Rhymes of the Nursery 2011-07-12T02:00:29.700Z We have just had what the bird-catchers call the November flight of linnets, and in Sclater Street the market overflows with them. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z I may just mention that the linnet will learn the song of some other birds, notably that of the woodlark. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z He replies, that his song is but like that of the linnet—joyous indeed when her brood first flies, but sad when the nest has been rifled of her young. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z And does the linnet dress herself as smartly?’ The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z But there is nothing anomalous in this circumstance: some species of birds which never naturally sing, can without much difficulty be taught to perform; thus the house-sparrow has learnt the song of a linnet. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Ebba's first care was to feed her favourite linnet, placed in a cage over the door. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z It is the Passer montanus of some naturalists, the becfin friquet of the French; it belongs to the Greek family, the Fringillidae, and does not the linnet belong to that family too? Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z O let me once more hear the linnet’s note! Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z She was brave and gay in a new suit, new boots and a new hat with a feather the color of a linnet's wing. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The common linnet distends95 his rosy breast, slightly expands his brown wings and tail, so as to make the best of them by exhibiting their white edgings. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z See the linnet on the wing; See the crimson feather! Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z And well may the lovely wee linnet be compared to a young and artless maiden, so good and innocent, so gentle and unobtrusive is the bird, and yet withal so blithe. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z That celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not rise till long after chaffinches, linnets, and a number of hedgerow birds have been up and about for some time. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Do we not hang The captive linnet who denies to sing, In sight of his own fields and native woods, To cheat him into song? Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z At last George Eliot seems to have felt that she could never hope, with all her intellect, to catch the unconsidered music which God lavishes on the idle linnet and the frivolous chaffinch. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The nightingales stopped singing, and immediately finches, linnets, and wrens began to draw their sleepy little heads from under their moistened wings, shaking the dew from their feathers, and repeating in low voices, “Svit! svit!” Life and Death And Other Legends and Stories 2011-04-02T02:00:10.393Z Under the general head of finches, Audubon describes over sixty different birds, ranging from the sparrows to the grossbeaks, and including the buntings, the linnets, the snow-birds, the cross-bills, and the red-birds. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z There's a change, little linnet, from summer to winter; where the flowers were the snow is. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen, For there, lightly tripping among the wild flowers, A' listening the linnet, oft wanders my Jean. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z "I cannot sing to-night as the linnets sing," she replied with a half sad, half mischievous glance at Harold, "but as my heart tells me." In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z They were as thoughtless as two finches on the lawn, and as faithful as red linnets. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The sparrow, the dove, The linnet, and thrush, say, "I love and I love!" Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Though unlearned by any experience, still the inspired linnet divinely knows that the inland migrating time has come. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z How many thousand canaries, goldfinches, linnets, and nightingales; nay, even how many parrots and cockatoos, from the East and West Indies, had their necks wrung! Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Slight and fragile, with wide dark eyes, something bird-like in the eager poise of the head—reminded McTaggart instinctively of a linnet—the last type imaginable of the "Militant Suffragette." The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Amongst the Passeres, such forms as the larks, stone chats, finches, linnets, and grosbeaks are well developed and exhibit many species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Started a green linnet Out of the croft; Wake, little ladies, The sun is aloft! Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Every spring those wild flutterings shook her; every spring, this sweet linnet girl did migrate inland. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The eggs of the linnet, goldfinch, yorling, laverock, robin, titling, thrush, and blackbird, were as familiar to me as the letters of the alphabet. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Birds were flying to the coverts, linnets mostly, in twittering companies. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Of three lively linnets, kept in a cage, one dropped down dead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The first time I went to the wine shed both wrens and linnets were there, but nothing happened and I forgot about the original quarrel. A-Birding on a Bronco I heard a little bird warble, which I knew at once was a linnet like those of Spain; it imitated it much in its song as in its size, though not in its plumage. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. She hasn't much more brains than a linnet, I think, and she swims and rows and shoots. A Top-Floor Idyl The apple-trees were already frilled with a foam of blossom; and on quivering boughs linnets with breasts rose-burnt by the winds of March throbbed out their carol. Plashers Mead A Novel In such hands, sparrows become linnets, owls appear to have died of apoplexy, kestril eyes shine in Civetta's sockets, and the jackdaw has a pupil like the vulture. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The egg was a linnet's, and the nest had been built right on top of the wren's. A-Birding on a Bronco The linnets and finches who came to condole. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The lark pours down a flood of melody on the nest of its mate, and the linnet trills a lay of love to its partner from the yellow furze. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Gulls flashed white wings against the autumn blue of the sky, and linnets twittered among the gorse bushes; here and there a few wild flowers lingered, and Claudia picked quite a summer-looking bouquet. The Head Girl at the Gables Here I find the little water ouzel as much at home as any linnet in a leafy grove, seeming to take the greater delight the more boisterous the stream. My First Summer in the Sierra Unless the old wrens had been dead, could the linnets have gotten possession? A-Birding on a Bronco Chilly brightness and blue sky saw us making rapidly over the North Sea, visited by thrushes and linnets, while the water seemed crowded with those clever birds, though so gawky upon the wing, the divers. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday "Who are you?" asked the father linnet, while all the young ones stared at her with their big eyes, and opened their beaks as if to eat her up. Lulu's Library, Volume II It was a carefully chosen orchestra that had gathered at the bidding of the beautiful maiden: larks, nightingales, finches, linnets, thrushes, blackbirds, and showy mocking-birds. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Some turned to jay-birds in a minute, And some as quick might shame the linnet; While more with crimson-tinted breast Seemed fitted for the robin's nest. The Brownies: Their Book When the pair had gone again, two linnets came along. A-Birding on a Bronco Once more do we turn on thy face our glad eyes, Great god of the Summer! and sing, With the lark and the linnet we gladly arise To welcome the smile of our King. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation "We dare not send her away," said the linnets. Lulu's Library, Volume II Where the bluebells and the wind are, Fairies in a ring I spied, And I heard a little linnet Singing near beside. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems But she went early to bed, and the beams of the morning sun drew her forth as a linnet from its nest. The Bartlett Mystery Besides all the rest, rosy linnets and blue lazuli buntings made the old tree ring with their musical roundelays. A-Birding on a Bronco They seem to partake much of the nature of our linnets, sparrows, and finches. Wanderings in South America It gets away with me how Forrester can dry up a spring at long range that-a-way; there ain't a track in the mud around here bigger 'n a linnet's,—not a track. Stories of the Foot-hills Where the primrose and the dew are— Soon were sped the fairies all: Only now the green turf freshens, And the linnets call. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems The linnets ceased not their lays, though her garment touched the broom-stalk on which they sang. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The linnets are ardent little wooers, singing and dancing before the indifferent birds they would win for their mates. A-Birding on a Bronco Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen; For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, A listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. Language of Flowers And how sweetly the lark sang as it soared tremblingly upward, and the quails whistled and linnets twittered. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 They passed me, unseeing, a waft of flocking linnets; Sadly I fared on my way; And came in my dream to a dreamlike habitation, Close-shut, festooned and grey. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems For some few joyous years mayest thou wear thy silken snood unharmed, and silence with thy songs the linnet among the broom, at the sweet hour of prime. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) If the nestlings had been alive, would the linnets—would any bird—have built upon them, deliberately burying them alive? A-Birding on a Bronco When the little linnets crept out of the egg, all the friends were as happy as if they themselves had had children. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories The sparrow, the dove, The linnet and thrush say “I love and I love!” Happy Days for Boys and Girls These tend, I prithee; and for me, Thy most long-suffering master, bring In April, when the linnets sing And the days lengthen more and more, At sundown to the garden door. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) Or let us say, sometimes when he sings, it is like listening to a linnet in the broom, a blackbird in the brake, a laverock in the sky. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) If they had been dead when the linnets came to build, how could the birds have chosen such a sepulchre for a building site? A-Birding on a Bronco In the evening, when the day's work was done, they listened to the linnet's song. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Green linnets in a golden nest, they chirped and trembled on her breast, And, faint as elfin blue-bells, at her nut-brown ankles rang. Collected Poems Volume Two "Oh, Love has wings," the linnet sings; But the dead return no more, no more; And the sea is breaking its old grey heart Against the golden shore. Collected Poems Volume One As for herself—she was innocent as the linnet that sang beside her in the broom, and innocent was she to be up to the last throbbings of her religious heart. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Another time it flew to the peak of the shed to examine an old swallow's nest now occupied by linnets, and amused itself throwing down its neighbors' straws—the naughty little rogue! A-Birding on a Bronco The linnet sang as best he could to cheer the sick friends. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Ho, little Much, Come in, my sweet green linnet. Collected Poems Volume Two Once upon a time there was a city where the good people were under the protection of singing-birds of all kinds: nightingales, thrushes, blackbirds, robins, chaffinches, linnets. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice A flock of swallows swirled overhead, a grasshopper chirped, a linnet sang, and, with this sudden awakening of nature, the touch and shadow vanished simultaneously. Byways of Ghost-Land But what with horses grazing under her windows and linnets making free with her nest, the poor wren was unsettled in her mind. A-Birding on a Bronco And the linnet flew up again and came back presently with the sad answer that the cloud could not: "He would like to," said the linnet. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Haste now to leave this shadowy shore Before thou changest; even now I see Thine eyes are growing strange, thou look'st on me E'en as the linnet looks upon the snake. The Earthly Paradise A Poem Are we not exchanging the melodies of the free birds that sing in the forest glade, for the melancholy chirping of the caged linnet? The Thread of Gold The thrush, and the lark, and the linnet sang sweetly. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children Another time a rosy-breasted linnet stepped to the edge of the pond and dipped down daintily where the water glistened in the sunshine, sending a delicate circle rippling off from its own shadow. A-Birding on a Bronco The hazel-bush was not feeling well either and the linnet thought the air so heavy that he was not at all inclined to sing. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories For a whole century the singer that only sang because he must, and as the linnets do, was entirely absent from English literature. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Here she had a great number of birds in little cages—larks and linnets and goldfinches. Tales from Dickens Thou art the plaintive dove, the linnet rare, Perched on one rose tree, mellow in one note. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems The brush and trees were full of song—yellowbirds, linnets, chewinks, doves, wrens, and, best of all, a song sparrow,—bless his heart!—singing as if he were on a bush in New York state. A-Birding on a Bronco The linnet began to sing, though it was a dark night. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Around, above, and afar, caroled the linnet, the lark, and the thrush. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Started a green linnet Out of the croft; Wake, little ladies! Pinafore Palace In them the Lord is loving to his little birds,— The linnets and the finches and the nightingales,— They people his pavilions with nests and with music. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit And then how enchanting as she warbles like a linnet for my ear alone; how enchanting to lean her bewitching little head on my shoulder, and inhale the balmy fragrance of her breath. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 "I shall go up and look for a cloud," said the linnet. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories With many a gush of music, from each brake Sang forth the choral linnets; and the lark, Ascending from the clover field, by fits Soar'd as it sang, and dwindled from the sight. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 An excellent food for linnets, canaries, and other singing birds, may be prepared in the following manner. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Jack Dough, the baker's boy, brought me a linnet yesterday, which I have placed in a cage near your canary-bird, who is very well. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago The breeze wafted the fragrance of the roses about them and a linnet, perched on the swaying branch of a tree overhead, gave voice to his song, singing of the joy of life. When Dreams Come True "Who is your master then?" asked the linnet. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Herminie was the joy, the favourite of the old man,—she was the linnet, the darling, and the life of the house. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches We can domesticate the goose, we can tame the goldfinch and the linnet; but we shall never reclaim the guinea-fowl, or accustom the swallow to a cage. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement I don't want you to tell me anything about the cats' eating the linnets. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa The song of the finch and linnet issued from the thick, low willow copse growing along the river's banks. When Dreams Come True And the linnet dreamt of the south, where he spent the winter; and the blades of grass had quite thrown up the game. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Where under close restraint and awe —Which is the maiden tyrant law— Like a cag'd, sullen linnet, dwells Her tongue, the key to potent spells. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II She was flushed and excited, and she talked to her instructor, Speed, all the while, chattering like a linnet between mouthfuls of bread and broth. The Maids of Paradise The cats had already done a good deal at hunting linnets on their own account, in a clandestine and irregular manner. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa Again the linnet gave voice to his song, and the cooling breeze sighed among the tamarisk plumes that waved about their heads. When Dreams Come True The hazel-bush shook with delight, until he nearly shook the linnet's young out of the nest. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Birds and beasts abandoned their food; linnets were found dead in their cages; even ants suspended their toil. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Jacqueline, to my amazement, ate as daintily as a linnet, yet with a fresh, hearty unconsciousness that left nothing in her bowl or wooden spoon. The Maids of Paradise To tell the truth, after the first few days, they seemed a little tired of the linnet diet, and did not work with so much enthusiasm. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa He doesn't take me out to dinner as other chiefs do," she continued; "yet I hop about like a linnet when he buzzes for me. Malcolm Sage, Detective The linnet would look ill tricked out in parrot's feathers. The Buccaneer A Tale She is a maiden of tender years, simply brought up, and as wild and free as the linnet that sings upon yon bough. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Nor will I put there the goldfinch, the linnet, the fox-colored sparrow, and the song sparrow. Birds in the Bush You like to kill linnets; and now you won't be sorry for these poor old Indians, just because they are dirty and horrid-looking. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa There is a whiteness whiter than the swan, A singing sweeter than the linnet's note. A Lover's Litanies Then the queen rose up, and bathed her face, and combed her shining hair; and as she turned away from her mirror she beheld a linnet sitting on her bed. The Olive Fairy Book The linnet is never so sweet as in its own woodland.” In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls What I have been remarking with regard to the proneness of newly discovered things to become all at once common was well illustrated for me about this time by these same linnets, or purple finches. Birds in the Bush "It seems different; the linnets are so pretty." The Hunter Cats of Connorloa Just a little ode to a favourite linnet. Once on a Time No one would have known that it was anything but a common linnet, and yesterday the queen would have thought so too. The Olive Fairy Book Very few birds of any kind—only saw some crows and linnets. Through Siberia and Manchuria By Rail Like these linnets in the exceptional interest they excited were two large seabirds, who suddenly appeared circling about over the woods, as I was taking a solitary walk on a Sunday morning in April. Birds in the Bush "O Uncle George! the dear sweet little linnets!" exclaimed Rea, ready to cry. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa Hail to thee, blithe linnet, Bird thou clearly art, That from bush or in it Pourest thy full heart! Once on a Time And the linnet flapped her wings and sang, and flew away. The Olive Fairy Book "We sometimes catch twenty tomtits before breakfast," said a modest-looking sportsman, modestly, but not shamefacedly, showing us one thrush and one linnet. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Such freaks as these, however, are different from the linnet's Mary Ware, inasmuch as they are certainly the idiosyncrasies of single birds, not a part of the artistic proficiency of the species as a whole. Birds in the Bush "The dear sweet little linnets will not leave us a single whole peach or apricot or cherry to eat." The Hunter Cats of Connorloa A goldfinch gave away the bride, and a linnet was bridesmaid. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Much heated argument has raged round the real or supposed sentiment that inspires such demonstrations on the part of linnets, sparrows, chaffinches, and other determined hunters of the cuckoo. Birds in the Calendar The sparrow, the dove, The linnet, and thrush say 'I love, and I love!' The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Hither cause flocks of goldfinches, red-poll linnets, and snow buntings; and thither I went to watch them. Birds in the Bush The men that have the fruit to sell, had to kill all the linnets and things, just the same way, or else they wouldn't have had any fruit. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa Rise, sons of harmony, and hail the morn, While warbling larks on russet pinions float; Or seek, at noon, the woodland scene remote, Where the grey linnets carol from the hill. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems An old maid stood at the window; she had hung chickweed over the cage, and the little linnet which it contained hopped from perch to perch and sang and twittered merrily. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The lark, linnet and nightingale to sing some say are best; Yet merrily sings little Robin, pretty Robin with the red breast. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age The red-poll linnets, as I have said, are irregular visitors in this region; several years may pass, and not one be seen; but the goldfinch we have with us always. Birds in the Bush You don't think of anything but killing linnets, and such cruel things; I think you are real wicked. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa The hares, whose noise had caused his fright, Saw, with surprise, the linnet’s flight. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems Hidden among the leaves, aloft in the beeches, the linnet sang with full-throated melody, and the blackbird and the thrush. The Hero The hedge-sparrow, the chaffinch and the goldfinch have flourished abundantly, but the linnet has failed. More Science From an Easy Chair The snow completely disappeared within a day or two; and even while it lasted the song sparrows, fox sparrows, and linnets could be heard singing with all cheerfulness. Birds in the Bush Yes, the merry, chirping, confiding little linnets, with their pretty red heads and bright eyes, they also were enemies, and must be killed. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa In regard to the linnet the judge hardly knew what to say. Conservation Reader Each syllable Light as a flower fell, "Eva!" he whispered the Wondering maid, Soft as a bubble sung Out of a linnet's lung, Soft and most silverly "Eva!" he said. Modern British Poetry Mrs. Torrey promised to go to the girls' ward the first time she visited Edgar and ask for Susy Hunt and the tame linnet. Bertie and the Gardeners or, The Way to be Happy Who teaches the young chipper to trill, and the young linnet to warble? Birds in the Bush They were fond of linnet flesh, and were only too glad to have the assistance of an able-bodied man with a gun. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa It was finally decided that a census of the linnets must be taken occasionally. Conservation Reader She stood by her open garret window, where a cage hung with a little linnet, which at that time had no water-glass, but had to content itself with a cup. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The call of insects and the twitter of linnets seemed to deepen into a roar. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories "The linnet seems to be going of her own free will!" The Son of Monte-Cristo Jim has shot twenty linnets in this one morning! and that Skipper, he's eaten five of them! The Hunter Cats of Connorloa For example, as printed the second stanza reads: I spurr’d my courser, and more swiftly rode, In moody silence, through the forests green, Where doves and linnets had their lone abode. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow At last he selected one neater and prettier than the rest, containing a linnet. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good There was a little silence, broken only by the mad twitter of nesting linnets in the passion-vine overhead. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories He taught canary-birds, linnets, and sparrows, to spell the name of any person in company, to distinguish the hour and minute of time, and play many other surprising tricks. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Great interest had been taken in a poor linnet in a cage, hanging in the wind and rain high up against the broken wall. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 And show me your nest with the young ones in it,— I will not steal it away; I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet,— I am seven times one to-day! Graded Memory Selections On entering I met mine host, rubicund and jolly enough, who politely pioneered me upstairs, when I reported myself as in quest of the linnets. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis There he saw the Phynnodderee sitting in his own arm-chair, with a great company of brother and sister fairies about him, baking bread on the griddle, and chattering together like linnets in spring. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 I have also seen a bird not unlike a thrush, and a few small things apparently of the linnet family. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" —Moultrie The linnet is singing the wild wood through; The fawn's bounding footsteps skim over the dew. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature “Never mind, now,” said Philip; “let’s go down the garden again till tea-time; there’s a linnet’s nest in the hedge.” Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home Meanwhile, Walworth made the most of the opportunity, singing in a manner of which I did not know linnets were capable. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis In the United States we have no wild linnet, though we sometimes hear song-birds called by that name. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide They were the size of the English linnet, and probably male and female. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America And as blithe as a linnet Rubbed again for the Genius with: “Come, I am dying for food; get me some!” On the Tree Top The larks tell of the sunshine and the sky; The linnets from the hedges make reply, And boast of hidden nests with mocking lay. The Admiral's Caravan Also a copper kettle will be sung for on the same day by six pairs of linnets; first pair up at half-past six o'clock in the evening. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The English linnet is a little sparrow with striped back and a purple crown and breast. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Drink but of this, and in less than a minute, Lo! you will dance like the flowers in May, Chirp and chirk like a new-fledged linnet! Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II Or the rhymes may occur at longer intervals; as,— "I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods." Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism And so, whenever I am cross, And tears fall like the rain, Oh! when I hear my linnet sing, It makes me good again! Chatterbox, 1906 Upon my car a noisy nothing rings– O let me once more hear the linnet's note! Endymion A Poetic Romance No young lady of seven would be so thoughtless as to steal away the young linnets, so the old bird may freely point out the nest. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide On awakening next morning the linnets and finches communicated through the window a pleasanter sentiment. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 It will be like a nest of linnets. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America But still my linnet sweetly sings A rippling, happy song, As though its tiny heart o'erflowed With joy the whole day long. Chatterbox, 1906 Where the primrose and the dew are, Soon were sped the fairies all: Only now the green turf freshens, And the linnets call. Songs of Childhood The honey-bee humming about there is seen, The butterfly merrily skims it along; The grasshopper chirps in the hedges so green, And the linnet there sings us his liveliest song. Sweets for Leisure Hours Amusing Tales for Little Readers There was silence, broken only by the rustle of the leaves in the summer breeze, by the note of a linnet singing in the branches above their heads. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden The sparrow, the dove, The linnet, and thrush say, "I love and I love!" The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Madame de Bouillon, being with the Prince, hinted that she would like a miniature of her linnet set in a ring. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette In vain along the vale, The linnet, and the blackbird, The mournful nightingale; 'The Miller hears and sees not, A-thinking of his son; His toppling wheel is silent; His grinding done. Songs of Childhood The joy that I am feeling Is there something in it Unlike the warble the linnet Phrases and intones? Lundy's Lane and Other Poems I have educated nestling linnets under the three best singing larks—the skylark, woodlark, and titlark, every one of which, instead of the linnet’s song, adhered entirely to that of their respective instructors. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The Burial of the Linnet Found in the garden dead in his beauty— Oh that a linnet should die in the spring! The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Pipe, pipe, chow—will the linnet never weary? The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century She has never played before, but she sings like a lark, like a linnet, like a nightingale; and she walks the boards as naturally as if she had been born upon them. Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) Yet neither with linnet nor with lark could her little wee son woo the smiles back to his dear mother's face. Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children Still more extraordinary was the case of a common house sparrow, which only chirps in a wild state, but which learnt the song of the linnet and goldfinch by being brought up near those birds. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The music shall cease in the grove, Thine absence the linnet shall mourn; But the lark, in strains bearing love, Soft warbling, shall greet thy return. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century In his bill and on his wings what a joy the linnet brings, As over all the sunny earth his merry lay he flings, Giving gladness to the music of the rills! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century There were linnets singing also, but in far more agreeable melody; but where they could be was more than I could discover—not a tree or a shrub was within sight-distance. Byeways in Palestine But suddenly into the sonorous strains of Luther's Hymn broke the joyous trill of a linnet's song, and the bird alighting upon a neighboring poplar seemed challenging the unseen songster to a trial of skill. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Not the three brothers Garland, Fergus, Stair and Agnew, stalwart and brown, nor yet the two elder girls—not little Ménie coming singing like a linnet over the moor, brought Patsy so often that way. Patsy Thou morn full of beauty That chases the night, And wakens all Nature With gladness and light, When warbles the linnet Aloof from its nest, O scatter thy fragrance Round her I love best! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The maiden lone and dreary may feel her heart grow cheery, Yet none may know the linnet's bliss except his own sweet dearie, With her little household nestled 'mong the boughs! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century It was finer by far than a Lord Mayor's state coach, And the chap that was in it He sang like a linnet, With a nate kag of whisky beside him to broach. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes The very cannon, deafen'd by the din, Grew dumb, for you might almost hear a linnet, As soon as thunder, 'midst the general noise Of human nature's agonising voice! Don Juan The sun beat down upon the fair curly head; the dust rose, shuffled up by the tramp’s uncertain step, while the chats and linnets twittered among the furze, and the larks sang high overhead. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel By the rivers of Life we walked together, I and my darling, unafraid; And lighter than any linnet's feather The burdens of Being on us weighed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Bewick says linnets are so named from their fondness for linseed, and I think most of the finches like it. Wild Nature Won By Kindness We have, in the winter, vast flocks of the common linnets; more, I think, than can be bred in any one district. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Another California bird that has gained a bad reputation is the house finch or linnet. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation It is alive with blackbirds, thrushes, linnets, and goldfinches. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Other persons carried for sale canary-birds, linnets, and two or three other sorts of small birds, perched on their fingers; these birds had been rendered so tame that they did not attempt to fly away. A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 Mockingbirds and linnets thrilled the glad air with warblings; gold finches, thrushes and bobolinks trilled their happiest tunes; and the oriole sang a lullaby to her hanging cradle that rocked in the wind. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales The birds most common along the coast, at present, are the stone-chatters, whinchats, buntings, linnets, some few wheatears, titlarks, etc. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The goldfinch or linnet looking on from the border seems to enjoy the fun. Illuminated Manuscripts Lenore hurried home; the linnet sang, the thrush whistled, but she did not heed them. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Supplanted by this niche of stone, So formal and so new; And worse, still worse, the elder bush, Where sang the linnet and the thrush— Say, has that vanished too? Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants She replied that she had laughed unthinkingly, as the linnet sings, from pure joy of heart at the glad tidings that their holy archbishop had been translated to paradise. Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn Behold, ye speak an idle thing: Ye never knew the sacred dust; I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing. A Hero and Some Other Folks There were larks and finches and linnets and thrushes, and I think other birds whose name I do not remember. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 They were not a very distinguished company—finches, linnets, and a whole nation of sparrows. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Little linnet,—stop a minnit,— Let me have a tawk with thee: Tell me what this life has in it, Maks thee seem so full o' glee? Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect “In time,” says Johnson, “his expenses brought clamours about him that overpowered the lamb’s bleat and the linnet’s song; and his groves were haunted by beings very different from fauns and fairies.” Romance Two Lectures It grows wild allover the earth, and serves as food for small birds, such as finches, linnets, and other feathered songsters of the woods. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Hark to my linnets from the hedges green, Blackbird and lark and thrush and dove, And every nightingale And cuckoo tells its tale, And all they mean Is love. Poems And show me your nest, with the young ones in it-- I will not steal it away; I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet-- I am seven times one to-day. A Mother's List of Books for Children When a poet says of himself— I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing, he expresses the truth that rhythm and melody lend themselves spontaneously to an inspiring thought. Platform Monologues The very cannon, deafened by the din, Grew dumb, for you might almost hear a linnet, As soon as thunder, 'midst the general noise Of Human Nature's agonizing voice! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 The Greeks named the herb originally from the linnet, which first made use of the leaf for clearing its vision, and which passed on the knowledge to mankind. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure From an oak overhead comes the sweet slender voice of a linnet, the sunshine falling on his rosy breast. Nature Near London Check thy climbing step, elate, Evils lurk in felon wait: Dangers, eagle-pinion’d, bold, Soar around each cliffy hold, While cheerful peace, with linnet song, Chants the lowly dells among. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham And if return'd from conquer'd foes, How blithely will the evening close, How sweet the linnet sing repose To my young bride and me, Mary! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century He is about the size of a field mouse, and often made us think of linnets and song sparrows as he frisked about gathering nuts and berries. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth The moors seemed woven into the fabric of Peregrine's life, and he belonged to them as exclusively as the grouse or mountain linnet. Tales of the Ridings The fresh, rough, heathery parts of human nature, where the air is freshest, and where the linnets sing, is getting encroached upon by cultivated fields. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Within the bush, her covert nest A little linnet fondly prest, The dew sat chilly on her breast Sae early in the morning. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The robin, the thrush, the blackbird, the linnet, the sparrow, he knew it was a sin to deprive of their liberty. Kindness to Animals Or, The Sin of Cruelty Exposed and Rebuked It strikes me dumb, it freezes me, I sing a broken strain— Wait till the robins and the wrens And the linnets come again! Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors Only English larks and linnets, cowslips and hawthorn, were to be found in the toy-books and little histories read to him. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Mary, who was no more given to self-analysis than her pet linnet, did not appreciate Brandon's potent reasons, and was in a flaming passion when she received his answer. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth "Sing a song for me, wee linnet, Sing a song for me, Sing a song for me." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 Where far you wander down the vale, When balmy scents perfume the gale, And purling rills and linnets hail The King of kings, To muse with you I never fail, On heavenly things. Cottage Poems I. The robin and the oriole, The linnet and the wren— When shall I see their fairyships, And hear their songs again? Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors The linnet had flown from its cage away, And flitted and sang in the light of day— Had flown from the lady who loved it well, In Liberty’s freer air to dwell. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses Elsewhere boys are very ingenious little fellows, and have several games; they also shoot birds with bows, and teach captured linnets to sing. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Pardon me, I pray, dear linnet, Fly down from your tree, Fly down from your tree. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 Strange little brown birds—whitethroats and linnets perhaps, if the eye could only have followed them—flew in and out of the blackthorn hedges all day long. Sally Bishop A Romance Flowers are fresh, and bushes green, Cheerily the linnets sing; Winds are soft, and skies serene; Time, however, soon shall throw Winter's snow O'er the buxom breast of Spring! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation This reminds me that I used to have among my birds a canary which sang beautifully, and also a little linnet taken from the nest, of which I was very fond. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse The grass finches, the vireos, the wrens, and the linnets have joined their voices to the chorus, and the bobolinks are loudest in their song. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Once I saw a wee brown linnet Dancing on a tree, Dancing on a tree. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 Go, rob the linnet's unprotected nest, And rend her offspring, from her little breast; But leave the Eagle in his eyrie high, Or thy torn flesh shall hush his eaglet's cry. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems Lady Albemarle, who is not a wise woman, certainly, was at Lady Gower's the other evening, and was regretting only that Charles had not been consumed in the Fire, instead of the linnets. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life My aroused mind, casting about, soon struck it: I was missing the swarms of blackbirds, linnets, purple finches, and doves that made our own ranch trees vocal. The Killer Among these birds they distinguished the brown thrush, robin, turtledove, linnet, goldfinch, the large and small blackbird, the wren, and some others. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. "Thank you, thank you, wee brown linnet, For amusing me, For amusing me; You have danced for many a minute, You must tired be-e-e, You have sung for many minutes, You must tired be." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 A lark sang in the sky, linnet and cuckoo at hand, in the wood at the top of the glen cooed the doves. Foes He thought the very trees bent their branches to greet him and that the linnets and thrushes sang together about his return. The Measure of a Man We have him as safe as a linnet in a cage; and could wring his neck round as easily. Jack Sheppard A Romance Besides these, doves and pigeons, both wild and tame, are common; as are swallows, goldfinches, sparrows, larks, blackbirds, thrushes, linnets, magpies, crows, hawks, falcons, teal, snipe, wild ducks, and many other kinds of waterfowl. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. "Thanks would starve us," cried the linnets,— As he sung at me, As she danced at me. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 Only certain little birds like linnets are seen, and at times some crows, which must be foreign to them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. When she saw the cage hanging amid the vines, and heard the clear, sweet notes of the linnet, her heart was stirred with envy. Frank and Fanny Alone he works—his ringing blows Have banish'd bird and beast; The Hind and Fawn have canter'd off A hundred yards at least; And on the maple's lofty top The linnet's song has ceased. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood She reminded him of his linnet, when he gave the bird the freedom of the house: it became filled with a wild gaiety which bordered on madness. The Ragged Edge Here is a storm to warn the wandering linnet to his shade. In the Days of Poor Richard It was not bigger than a wren, had a tuft of yellow feathers on its head, and the rest of its plumage like that of the linnet. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The piping plover, the light-winged linnet, And the swallow sail in the sunset skies. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Summer is gone on swallows' wings, And Earth has buried all her flowers: No more the lark,—the linnet—sings, But Silence sits in faded bowers. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Until two hours ago she was as contented and as happy as a linnet. The Ragged Edge I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations The nightingale proposed the lark, the thrush, the blackbird and the bullfinch as experts in singing, and the frog proposed the starling, the linnet, the chaffinch and the reed-warbler. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917 How little he envies the linnet and how little the linnet envies him! The Altar Steps Upon the topmost boughs, in lordly pride, Mix their hoarse croaking with the linnet's note; Till gather'd closer in a sable band, They take their flight to leek their daily food. Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters In turn each of the cats received its lesson, and henceforth Evelyn's last presents— blackbirds, thrushes, linnets, and bull-finches—lived in safety. Sister Teresa I agreed, and the nurse was rolling her ample person out of my room when my Welsh landlady said: "But her's not eating enough to keep a linnet, look you." The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill "You are hardly at your best, you know, old thing," said the linnet sympathetically. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917 "I wish I was a linnet free To rock and rustle on the tree With none to haste or hustle me, Coo, Coo, my birdeen bán astore!" Three Wonder Plays Sparrows, finches, water-wagtails, two small birds, name unknown, one kind like a linnet, and a large bird like a starling. Darwinism (1889) There are all kinds of birds here—linnets, robins, yes, and a blackbird. Sister Teresa The finch, the linnet, and the thrush, Their matins chant in every bush; And I have heard thee oft salute Aurora with thy early flute. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 One little linnet—so very little—perched on a delicate silver birch, and poured its full soul out of its liquid throat. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The melody of singing birds ranks as follows: The nightingale first, then the linnet, titlark, sky lark and wood lark. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Finches, linnets, blackbirds, thrushes, wrens, and whitethroats, and many others, all passed him, and he could see the same thing going on to his right and left. After London Or, Wild England It was all so heroic and so charming, the contrast was so delicious between war's stern reality and tender sentiment; thoughtless as a linnet, she smiled again, notwithstanding her confusion. The Downfall One misses the climbing roses of the ideal merry England, and the soft turf and spreading yews and the flowering hedgerows where throstles and linnets play hide-and-seek the livelong day. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women He was snared as neatly by this simple face as ever was a swallow by a linnet hidden in a cage among the grass. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Fledgeling goldfinches and linnets, young rabbits, young squirrels, even the nest of the harvest-trow mouse, and occasionally a snake, bring him in a little money. The Amateur Poacher This linnet, as near as I can remember, seemed to be somewhat larger than an England swan. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites Birds some like blackbirds, linnets, Canary birds, and other very small. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. The farmer, perhaps, can do without linnets and goldfinches, but we who make our living in other ways cannot. The Pleasures of Ignorance We used at one time, during autumn, to catch goldfinches, finches, and linnets together, and to sell them in the market early in the morning, while our parents were still in their beds. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories The stubbles—those that still remain—are full of linnets, upon which the mouching fowler preys in the late autumn. The Amateur Poacher "Cheer!" sing the linnets Through rapturous minutes, When daylight first breaks And the golden Dawn streaks Through the rose of the morning—so bright! The California Birthday Book The linnet is one of the sweet singers of Europe. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Then there are the linnets, or "redheads," who sing their sweet, merry tunes all summer, and if they do take a cherry or two the farmer should not grumble. Stories of California It abounds also in a variety of birds, as cranes, swans, bustards, geese both white and grey, ducks, thrushes, black-birds, turtles, wild-pigeons, linnets, finches, redbreasts, stares, nightingales, and many others. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time And show me your nest with the young ones in it; I will not steal them away; I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet— I am seven times one to-day. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. La Belle Nita danced wonderfully, sang like a linnet, danced again and disappeared, notwithstanding the almost wild calls for an encore. The Great Prince Shan Where it breeds and rears its young, in Germany for example, a true sportsman would no more think of shooting a linnet than he would of killing and eating his daughter's dearest canary. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation You will listen to the lark and linnet, and be glad that the happy songster trilling such sweet notes is free to fly where he wishes, and is not pining in a cage. Stories of California Above the garden is the orchard, where the green linnet still sings, for the birds never grow old. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great The three hawks and the owl entered into these places abounding in flowers, and not a single redbreast and not a single gold-finch and not a single linnet was frightened by them. Romance of the Rabbit Within the bush her covert nest A little linnet fondly prest, The dew sat chilly on her breast Sae early in the morning. Voices for the Speechless A soiled hand seizes the struggling linnet, and drags it violently from the threads that entangled it. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation What could she see in a man with such an insignificant bit of property, a mere nest for blackbirds and linnets, and such sort of vermin. Marriage This list includes: sunset, moonrise, starlight, mist, brooks, shells, stones, butterflies, moths, swallows, linnets, thrushes, wagoners, babies, bark of trees, leaves, nests, fishes, rushes, leeches, cobwebs, clouds, deer, music, shade, swans, crags and snow. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great I forget what little village we were in, but there were trees, and I heard the linnets singing. The Man Who Laughs Two red-legged partridges have also been brought from the Cape, and there are a few pigeons, likewise the English linnet in a wild state. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 In the open, there are owls and hawks; and the only refuge from either is the thick-leafed grove, into which linnets and pipits can dive at the approach of danger and quickly hide. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The English word linnet does not, to my mind, convey so much of simple beauty and of pastoral ideas as belong to our Scottish word LINTIE. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Then, this countryman did not seek to found a kingdom, nor to revolutionize society, nor did he force upon the world his pattypan rhymes about linnets, and larks, and daffodils. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Oh the thoughts that sang like linnets, In a woodland full of flowers! The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Laharpe tête-à-tête with a Princess who visits the kitchen and with a linnet which—happy bird—is privileged to bite her fingers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes A linnet from the North after days of dangerous travel finally reached Lake Como, southward bound. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation By these remarks I mean to express the feeling that the word lintie conveys to my mind more of tenderness and endearment towards the little songster than linnet. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character The loss of an English lark is not to be replaced in Calcutta, though almost every week, canaries, linnets, gold- finches and bull-finches are sold at public auctions here. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Where the bluebells and the wind are, Fairies in a ring I spied, And I heard a little linnet Singing near beside. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. Princess! the green garlands on the little window down there, the potted flowers offer a secret retreat—the little linnet in his cage is impatient for the return of his beautiful and benign mistress. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Down plunges the scared linnet, blindly, frantically, into the space sheltered by the grove! Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Upon this leafy bush With thorns and roses in it, Flutters a thing of light, A twittering linnet. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. A linnet sings and sings, A shrill swift cleaves the air with blackest wings; White twinkletails Run frankly in their meadow as day fails. Poems New and Old Where the primrose and the dew are— Soon were sped the fairies all: Only now the green turf freshens, And the linnets call. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. I know the spot the bees love best, And where the linnet has built her nest. The Illustrated London Reading Book In Italy, linnets and sparrows are "game"; and so is everything else that wears feathers! Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The lay of the lark or the linnet? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 12, 1890 Then it was over; the ordered progress of all happenings was apparent, simple, and natural; and contentment came into his heart like a flight of linnets over level fields at dawn. Chivalry But the biographer contradicted his own beautiful portrait by telling how poor Pierre sang once too well to a married woman, whose husband took him, jailed him, and pierced his linnet tongue. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 The linnets ceased not their lays, though her garment touched the broomstalk on which they sung. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828 But, however she had been transported thither, she seemed to rest on it as lightly and safely as a linnet, when it has dropped from the sky on the tendril of a rose-bud. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829 I looked up, and saw a linnet perched on the rigging, and whistling with as much ardour as if on a bush in a green meadow. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 In the course of the forenoon, a small bird of the linnet tribe perched on the rigging in a state of exhaustion, and allowed itself to be caught. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 I'm not mother, who does but write because she must, and pipes but as the linnets do.' Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract See yonder lad with tethered linnet, Its frail legs raw from rasping strings! Poems For the bruis'd insect on the waste, A sigh would heave her breast; And oft her careful hand replac'd The linnet's falling nest. Poems (1786), Volume I. The canaries have a very pretty song, like our linnet, only sweeter; the rest are very inferior to ours. Letters from the Cape This very year I saw the linnets at work thatching, just before a snow-storm which covered the ground several inches deep for a number of days. My Garden Acquaintance Red-polls, linnets, and even canaries, were kept in desks, drawers, hat-boxes, and other strange refuges for birds; but white mice were the favourite stock. Reprinted Pieces At 11,000 feet a linnet which they liberated fell to the earth almost helplessly, while a pigeon with difficulty maintained an irregular and precipitate flight. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation Then a blackbird called and his mate answered; a cuckoo cried the spring-song; a linnet mourned with lifting cadence; a nightingale poured forth her deathless love. Gathering of Brother Hilarius That's why I'm severe with this darling, Nor pardon nor whitewash nor gloss her, — The linnet — the parrot — the starling! Hermione's Group of Thinkers There were nightingales, canaries, goldfinches, linnets, tomtits, parrots, owls, sparrows, doves, ostriches, bustards, peacocks, larks, partridges, and everything else that you can think of. The Red Fairy Book Among them stood a glass bowl, containing three wonderful little gold fish, and from the top casing hung a brass cage, from which a green linnet sang an exultant song. At the Foot of the Rainbow These tend, I prithee; and for me, Thy most long-suffering master, bring In April, when the linnets sing And the days lengthen more and more At sundown to the garden door. Underwoods Birds find grateful homes here—grouse, chickadees, and linnets, of which we saw large flocks that had a delightfully enlivening effect. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon The mother of this little linnet," he said, smiling, "did what many foolish young mothers are apt to do. Tales from Two Hemispheres There was a sorcerer at whose bidding words trooped like a conclave of emperors, and now sang like a bevy of linnets. The Certain Hour She babbled incessantly to the green linnet, which with swollen throat rejoiced with her, and occasionally she looked in the mirror. At the Foot of the Rainbow It is a burst of Heaven-shaking thunder; It is a linnet's fluting after rain. Main Street and Other Poems He is the mockingbird of squirrels, barking like a dog, screaming like a hawk, whistling like a blackbird or linnet, while in bluff, audacious noisiness he is a jay. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Thus, the linnet and partridge have failed to establish themselves in New Zealand. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Cannot I break the shining egg of some all but hatched heavenly linnet? The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Rousing the red fox as we pass, And startling linnet, merle, and thrush, As recklessly the boughs we brush. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 264, July 14, 1827 My dear fellow," said the Viscount, stifling a yawn beneath the bedclothes, "you rise with the lark,—or should it be linnet? The Amateur Gentleman Upon this leafy bush With thorns and roses in it, Flutters a thing of light, A twittering linnet. Georgian Poetry 1918-19 Nay," said the ancient crone; "I heard but the linnet's song upon the tree, and the sound of running water that is murmuring in the grove. The Story and Song of Black Roderick Why sit we mute when early linnets sing, When warbling Philomel salutes the spring? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 There is a bird-shop at one corner, wainscoted with little cages containing linnets, waxwings, canaries, blackbirds, Mino-birds, with a hundred other varieties, known only to naturalists. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 In them the Lord is loving to his little birds, The linnets and the finches and the nightingales, They people his pavilions with nests and with music. Songs out of Doors When he turned and walked down the garden, she walked alongside of him like a linnet by a tall stork, who thought of her as a very pretty green frog. Heather and Snow "It is not she," said a linnet, swaying on a safe spray, "for had it been she her anger would have slain thee." The Story and Song of Black Roderick The Bishop is a bird smaller than the linnet; its plumage is a violet-coloured blue, and its wings, which serve it for a cope, are entirely violet-colour. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing I am sorry to say a tremendous slaughter of migratory birds goes on at this time of the year; not only thrushes, but larks, linnets, and other sweet little songsters supplying the general dinner table. Holidays in Eastern France Along the road—at last, no balk— A youth looms on a jennet; He rises like a sparrow-hawk About to seize a linnet. Poems Goatsucker, linnet, stonechat,' said the Rector, fingering them. Robert Elsmere And the bramble answered, wafting the perfume of her flowers upward: "Her sweetness, for her mind is beautiful as the song of the linnet, and she turneth her foot aside to spare the lowly blossoms." The Story and Song of Black Roderick Fast by the margin of the lake, Conceal'd within a thorny brake, A linnet sat, whose careless lay Amused the solitary day. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes A linnet twittered, flitting from perch to perch of its cage at an open window. The Far Horizon He liked to mix up all sorts of birds together, such as pigeons, doves—tame and wild—blackbirds, linnets, canaries, chaffinches, sparrows, tomtits—no, the tomtits had been turned out. Two Summers in Guyenne Nests were counted and cherished; it was a great year when a cuckoo's egg was discovered among the linnet's clutch, and its development was watched in breathless interest. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 It lay there in midnight silence; only in the heather a linnet chirped from time to time, as if in its sleep. Dame Care The hares whose noise had caused his fright, Saw with surprise the linnet's flight. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes He knew how the gold-finches, yellow-hammers, and linnets make their nests, and the preference some of them have for coltsfoot cotton, and others for wool or for cow's hair. Cæsar or Nothing The canary-bird got a lump of white sugar and the linnet half an egg, because of her young ones. The Path of Life It was now almost daylight, and two hansom-cabs had stopped before the portico, and several persons who were coming up the steps were chattering away like wakened linnets. The Christian A Story "Short swallow-flights of song"; piping "as the linnet sings"; have not the lyric poets themselves confessed this inherent shortcoming of their art in a thousand similes? A Study of Poetry Rise, sons of harmony, and hail the morn, While warbling larks on russet pinions float: Or seek at noon the woodland scene remote, Where the grey linnets carol from the hill. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Sometimes, when the good Knight his rest would take, It is reflected, clearly, in a lake, With the young ashen boughs, 'gainst which it rests, And th' half seen mossiness of linnets' nests. Poems 1817 Let other bards to groves repair, Where linnets strain their tuneful throats; Mine be the Woods and Forests where The Treasury pours its sweeter notes. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The imprisoned linnet was beating at the bars of its cage. The Christian A Story Often of a spring morning," it said at the top of page twenty-one, "as you wander through the fields, you will hear the sweet-toned, carelessly flowing warble of the purple finch linnet. My Man Jeeves They seem to partake much of the nature of our linnets, sparrows and finches. Wanderings in South America The piping plover, the laughing linnet, And the swallow sail in the sunset skies. Legends of the Northwest Meanwhile—what strain is that which floats Thro' the small boudoir near—like notes Of some young bird, its task repeating For the next linnet music-meeting? The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes We can't cage our linnet, Rachel, and perhaps we shouldn't try. The Christian A Story Tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day, when every bird chooses her mate; but you will not see the linnet pair with the sparrow hawk, nor the Robin Redbreast with the kite. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day He may perhaps evade this question by protesting, with Tennyson, I pipe but as the linnets do, And sing because I must. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Before the sun had risen," said a member of one of the old families, "while the linnets and mocking birds were sounding their first notes, my mother would appear at our bedside. History of California The poet "does but speak because he must; he sings but as the linnets sing." The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Around, above, and afar, carolled the linnet, the lark, and the thrush. Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Not so, my lord; my father but now told me that hawks, far less eagles, pair not with the humble linnet. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day The creature we help to save, though only a half-reared linnet, bruised and lost by the wayside—how we watch and fence it, and dote on its signs of recovery! Daniel Deronda Even in a single branch of the true vocalists we may see it—from the chirping bunting, and noisy but tuneless sparrow, to linnet and goldfinch and canary. The Naturalist in La Plata Another small olive-green bird, which I at first took for a green linnet, was even prettier, the throat and bosom being of a most delicate buff, crossed with a belt of velvet black. A Crystal Age "Surely six would have been enough," he said—a remark which struck me as rather unreasonable, seeing that French partridges were not exactly as common as linnets. Alone Just after he had finished his protest, three or four linnets flew down and were caught. Birds in Town and Village About ten years ago we imported a great number of birds from abroad—yellow-hammers, chaffinches, green finches, red pales, twites, bullfinches, jays, linnets, larks—some five hundred of them. My Life and Work He who shaped the linnet’s nest,Indifferent unto Him are human loves?Arise! thy work make perfect! The Legends of Saint Patrick He is not web-footed, yet he dives fearlessly into foaming rapids, seeming to take the greater delight the more boisterous the stream, always as cheerful and calm as any linnet in a grove. The Yosemite To the linnet its flight, to the thrush its song; but she had neither flight nor song. Gone to Earth I dare say that eightpence was what he hoped to get, seeing that young male linnets are not unfrequently sold by London dealers for sixpence and even fourpence. Birds in Town and Village The linnets will suddenly sweep up into the boughs and converse sweetly over your head. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies I could not feel the breezes bring Rich odours from the trees; I could not hear the linnets sing, And think on themes like these. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems Even in the Tuileries gardens, on his way to mass at the convent of the Feuillants, this prince amused himself by catching linnets and wrens with noisy magpies trained to pursue small birds. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period The caged linnet may sit moping, but her soul knows the dip and rise of flight on an everlasting May morning. Gone to Earth He had, besides canaries, the thrush, chaffinch, linnet, goldfinch and cirl bunting. Birds in Town and Village From the tops of the ash wands, where the linnets so lately sang, coming up from the stubble, the darkened leaves have been blown, and their much-divided branches stand bare like outstretched fingers. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies You know how full of melody is an English wood, when thrush, blackbird, mavis, linnet, and a thousand warblers flit from tree to tree. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter No lark or linnet or redbreast or mocking-bird could live, much less warble, in those carbonic times. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 Well, Bertie," he proceeded, as blithely as a linnet without a thing on his mind, "you will be glad to hear that you were right. Right Ho, Jeeves The shrike had greatly annoyed him; it had been hanging about for some time, he told me, dashing at the linnets and driving them off when they flew down to the nets. Birds in Town and Village Boys who want linnets or goldfinches watch till the young are almost ready to bubble over, and then place them in a cage where the old birds come and feed them. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The sparrow, the dove, The linnet and thrush say, "I love and I love!" Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature The linnets play among the leaves At hide-and-seek, and chirp and sing; While, flashing to and from the eaves, The swallows twitter on the wing. Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study When the stubbles are ploughed there will be troops of finches and linnets up here, leaving the hedgerows of the valley almost deserted. The Open Air He only killed when he caught a great number of female linnets, which were not worth sending up; he pulled their heads off, and took them home to make a linnet pie. Birds in Town and Village They have told the linnets and thrushes of our hospitality, and the linnets actually come, though with dread and trembling; and they carry off the largest crumbs for their families and neighbors. Memories of Hawthorne "Not the least," said Bertha, as, wrapping herself in her cassock, she sprung from the ground, and alighted upon the spirited palfrey, as a linnet stoops upon a rose-bush. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Who'll then regard the linnet's note, Or heed the lark's melodious throat? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe "Has my poor linnet changed into a goldfinch after its death?" he asked jovially. Immensee Passing to other subjects, he said that so far he had caught nothing but linnets on the common—you couldn't expect to catch other kinds in June. Birds in Town and Village Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife, Come, hear the woodland linnet! Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children That power that kindly spreads The clouds, a signal of impending showers, To warn the wandering linnet to the shade, Beheld without concern expiring Greece, And not one prodigy foretold our fate. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 The linnets come to him "bearing summer in their natures." History of American Literature And now, too, the linnet you made me a present of died last Sunday. Immensee For young male linnets he got eightpence, sometimes tenpence; for hen birds fourpence, or less. Birds in Town and Village And who would notice a linnet when a bird of paradise was about, however sweet her voice? Bat Wing In this place my sole companions, It may safely be predicted, Are the spiders and the mice: What a pleasant nest of linnets!— Life Is a Dream No one answered, for Felix had pushed a slip of paper over to Alice, on which she read—"'Forget-me-not, ladybird, linnet, kitten." The Pillars of the House, V1 Yes, I will go down and hear the woodland linnet, there is one in the bird-shop round the corner. Without Prejudice There is an orchard beyond the sea, With a nest where the linnets hide; Oh, warm is the nest that is built for me— In my true love's heart I bide! Embers, Complete There are linnets somewhere, but I cannot from the old apple tree fix their exact place. The Life of the Fields In a country where there were no bird-catchers or human persecutors of small birds, the flocks of this finch, called Misto by the natives, were far larger than any linnet flocks ever seen in England. Far Away and Long Ago I don't think I ever saw a linnet. The Pillars of the House, V1 The philosopher would say that I was mad; that the linnet in the hand is better than all the birds of paradise which ever flew in fabled tropic seas. Stella Fregelius Before the dawn a linnet in the tree overhead called him with twittering songs. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales "As sweet a linnet," she said, as she undid the outward door, "as ever sung in a cage." Peveril of the Peak And show me your nest with the young ones in it; I will not steal them away; I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet— I am seven times one to-day. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 No one disturbed them except the painted sportsman; and the song of the linnet and the thrush was heard all day, and that of the nightingale during the night. La Vendée He was plainly not a thrush, or a linnet or a sparrow or a starling or a blackbird. My Robin In time his expenses brought clamours about him that overpowered the lamb's bleat and the linnet's song, and his groves were haunted by beings very different from fauns and fairies. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 "What have we to do with fashions, anyway?" screamed a linnet. American Fairy Tales Mr. Ford pressed me to dine with him in his chamber.—Did not I tell you Patrick has got a bird, a linnet, to carry over to Dingley? The Journal to Stella Under the general head of finches, Audubon describes over sixty different birds, ranging from the sparrows to the grosbeaks, and including the buntings, the linnets, the snowbirds, the crossbills, and the redbirds. Wake-Robin |
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