... us. They were brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of birds, as well for the vivid colour of their plumes,... Conversations and amusing tales [by H. English]. - Página 309de Harriet English - 1799 - 385 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1816 - 298 páginas
...breeding near the same spot The Pheasant. The pheasant is a foreign bird, and was brought " into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor, whence the name, which it still retains. Nothing can satisfy the eye with a greater variety and richness... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 páginas
...a foreign bird, and was at first artificially propagated amongst us. They were brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of... | |
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 páginas
...Chron. ixiv. 20—22. And WELL'S Preface to Zechariah. 4799. [ 37.] Pheasants were brought ¡uto Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor. GOLDSMITH'S Animated Nature, vol. v. p. 184. 4800. [Matt. xxiv. 1 . To shew Mm the buildings of the... | |
| William Bingley - 1821 - 298 páginas
...birds, though now found wild in our woods, are supposed to hare been originally brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia, situated to the East of the Black Sea. Pheasants are also found in other parts of Asia, and in Africa.... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1823 - 504 páginas
...with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days." The PHEASANT is said to have been first known on the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor, and that it was brought from thence by the Argonauts. . " It is, however," says Mr. Bingley, " very... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 440 páginas
...countries where it is to be found, iii. 42. Pheasants, at first propagated among us, brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor, whence they still retain their name; Crcesus, king of Lybia, seated on his throne, adorned with the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 páginas
...a foreign bird, and was at first artificially propagated amongst us. They were brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; and whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiftil of birds,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 páginas
...same incivility as he would show to one of his own sex. Pheasants were originally brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of birds,... | |
| 1857 - 504 páginas
...its first introduction into Europe ; Jason of the Golden Fleece, and his Argonauts, having brought it from the banks of the Phasis — a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; hence the name phas ianus in Latin, faitan in French, fagiano in Italian, and pheasant in our own... | |
| William Bingley - 1831 - 298 páginas
...birds, though now found wild in our woods, are supposed to have been originally brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia, situated to the east of the Black Sea. Pheasants are also found in other parts of Asia, and in Africa.... | |
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