 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 страници
...pheasant with his usual descriptive powers, but he exhausts his pity in a single interjection :— " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
 | 642 страници
...to mind that exquisite description of Pope in his Windsor Forest ? — it is a finished picture : " See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
 | 726 страници
...RISE. ENGRAVED BY E. HACKEE, FROM A PAINTING BY HARBISON WEIB. Now, Mr. P<jpe, if you please ! — " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs !...triumphant wings. Short is his joy ; he feels"— But that must do for the present, as the numbering of our plate shows there is more to come. Mr. Weir... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1845 - 700 страници
...to mind that exquisite description of Pope in his Windsor Forest ? — it is a finished picture : " See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyei , His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 страници
...compare) When Albion sends her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty blest, irit, come Sec ! from the brake the whirringpheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 страници
...soon extinct. Luxury keeps up a demand for these birds, and the sportsman makes them an easy prey. " See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet .circled eyes; The vivid green his shining... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 страници
...yet received that attention which they deserve, I shall lay a few brief specimens before the reader. See ; from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...Flutters in blood and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shitting... | |
 | James Wilson - 1840 - 510 страници
...learn from Pope that pheasant shooting was in vogue in Windsor forest during the reign of Anne : — See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground ! Shooting — as practised with guns to which flint and steel locks were attached — may be said... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 страници
...yet received that attention which they deserve, I shall lay a few brief specimens before the reader. See ; from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood and punting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest and scarlet circled... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 страници
...yet received that attention which they deserve, I shall lay a few brief specimens before the reader. See; from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood and punting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest and scarlet circled... | |
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See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy; he feels the fiery -wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled... 
