 While richest roses, though in crimson drest, Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast. What heavenly tints in mingling radiance fly ! Each rapid movement gives a different dye. Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show — Now sink to...  Blackwood's Magazine - Стр. 2461826Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Страниц: 616
...blooms, And chirps his gratitude, as round he roams : While richest roses, though in crimson drest, Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast....heavenly tints in mingling radiance fly ! Each rapid movcment civca a different dye ; Like scales of burnish 'd trold they dazzling show. Now sink to shade... | |
 | Mrs. J. K. Sampson - 1852 - Страниц: 94
...these diminutive creatures :— " Each rapid movement gives a different dye; Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow." The Mexicans called them by the most fanciful names, as, " rays of the sun," and " hill stars;" compared... | |
 | Joseph Harrison - Страниц: 272
...variations of their plumage are displayed to the greatest advantage, — " Like scales of burnished gold, they dazzling show, Now sink to shade — now like a furnace glow." Our coloured figure represents one of this beautiful tribe, Trochilut ornatos, male and female, natural... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 454
...darkest blue and the palest yellow, being intermingled in a manner quite impossible to describe. " What heavenly tints in mingling radiance fly ! Each...rapid movement gives a different dye ; Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow." " I have seen," says... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1854 - Страниц: 988
...blooms, And chirps big gratitude as round he roams j While richest roses, though in crimson drest, Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast....rapid movement gives a different dye. Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow ! " 270 The wings of... | |
 | 1854 - Страниц: 506
...tints in mingling radiance fly ! Each rapid movement gives a different dye. Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow !" The wings of humming-birds arc long and powerful, in proportion to the weight they have to carry. Their... | |
 | Henry Green Clarke - 1855 - Страниц: 112
...brilliant sun, that the variations of their plumage are displayed with the ..greatest advantage. " Each rapid movement gives a different dye ; Like scales...show. Now sink to shade — now like a furnace glow.'* 45. Honey -suckers ; peculiar to Australia and its neighbourhood. 46. 47. Creepers, feeding mostly... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 526
...Humming Bird plumage, in which — " Each rapid movement gives a different dye : Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow." Several theories have been propounded to account for this iris-like play of colours, and sudden variations... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1856 - Страниц: 108
...honey'd blooms, And chirps his gratitude as round he roams; While richest roses, though iu crimson drest, Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast; What heavenly tints in mingled radiance fly! Each rapid movement gives a different dye; Like scales .of burnished fold they... | |
 | Coronal - 1858 - Страниц: 308
...blooms, And chirps his gratitude as round he roams ; While richest roses, though in crimson dress'd. Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast ;...show, Now sink to shade, now like a furnace glow." — WILSON. " WHEBE," says the celebrated naturalist, Audubon, " is the person who, on seeing this... | |
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