| Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 páginas
...into stone. Suppose yourself in hopeless sorrow, begin with a high loud note, and pronounce, " ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," each note lower and lower,...four yards before you, as you walk along the road, crying, " Who -are -you, who-who-Avho-are-you." Another bids you," Work-away, work-work-work-away."... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 páginas
...turned into stone. Suppose yourself in hopeless sorrow, begin with a high loud note, and pronounce " ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," each note lower and lower,...four yards before you, as you walk along the road, crying, " Who-- are-you, who-who-who-are-you." Another bids you, " Work-away, work-work-work-away."... | |
| Charles Waterton - 1828 - 362 páginas
...ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," each note lower and lower, till the last is scarcely heard, sECOND J JOURNEY. pausing a moment or two betwixt every note, and you...four yards before you, as you walk along the road, crying, " Who-are-you, whowho-who-are-you." Another bids you, " Workaway, work-work-work-away." A third... | |
| S. Waring - 1832 - 284 páginas
...and you will have some idea of the moaning of the largest goat-sucker in Demerara. Four other species articulate some words so distinctly, that they have...his arrival in these parts. The most common one sits close by your door, and flies, and alights three or four yards before you, as you walk along the road,... | |
| S. Waring - 1832 - 286 páginas
...and you will have some idea of the moaning of the largest goat-sucker in Demerara. Four other species articulate some words so distinctly, that they have...his arrival in these parts. The most common one sits close by your door, and flies, and alights three or four yards before you, as you walk along the road,... | |
| Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1833 - 184 páginas
...or two betwixt every note, and you will have some idea of the moaning of the largest goatsucker of Demerara. Four other species of the goatsucker articulate...four yards before you, as you walk along the road, crying ' Who are you? who, who, who are you?' Another bids you, ' work away, work, work, work away.'... | |
| Charles Waterton - 1839 - 322 páginas
...into stone. Suppose yourself in hopeless sorrow, begin with a high loud note, and pronounce, " ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," each note lower and lower,...flies and alights three or four yards before you, SECOSD as you walk along the road, crying, " Who-are-you, who-who-who-are-you," Another bids you, "... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 352 páginas
...they pronounce articulate and clear, A moan — a call — a question to the ear ! — p. 73. " Four species of the Goat-sucker articulate some words so...arrival in these parts. The most common one sits down by your door, and flies and alights three or four yards before you, as you walk along the road, crying,... | |
| Charles Waterton - 1852 - 304 páginas
...into stone. Suppose yourself in hopeless sorrow, begin with a high loud note, and pronounce, " ha, ba, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," each note lower and lower, till...four yards before you, as you walk along the road, crying, " Who-are-you, who-who-who-are-you," Another bids you, " Work-away, work-work-work-away." A... | |
| John Cotton (F.Z.S.) - 1855 - 242 páginas
...you will hare some idea of the moaning of the largest Goatsucker in Demerara. Tour other species of Goatsucker articulate some words so distinctly that...have received their names from the sentences they appear to utter, and absolutely bewilder the stranger on his arrival in these parts. The most common... | |
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