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" To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice... "
The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 164
by Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 312 pages
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 4

1824 - 588 pages
...shall never Sleep again; but wake for ever! NO. 45.—VOL. IV. T LINES ON A BIRD'S NEST. I! V HURDIS. IT wins my admiration To view the structure of that little work, A IHrd's Nest.' Mark it well within, without No tool had he that wrought; no knife to cut, No nail to...
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Popular Philosophy; Or, The Book of Nature Laid Open Upon Christian ...

George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...to mould them into the most convet forms, and to give them a durability proportion,o their wants. " It wins my admiration, To view the structure of that...nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ! /u? little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finUh'd !" for is the wonder less, that birds of the...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 380 pages
...How applicable are the following lines in the IVlusae Seatouianne, to. this ingenious bird : " Behold a bird's nest, Mark it well within, without ! No tool...join ; his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finish'd ! what nice hand, With every implement and means of art. Could compass such another ?" INFALLIBLE...
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The Casket

1828 - 400 pages
...thee I'll burn. R..I. THE CASKET. OVA EIRD'S NEST. (??// Hard!t.) Mark it well, within, without, N'.i tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail...beak was all, And yet how neatly finished. What nice haml, With every 'implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me...
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Conversations on Common Things: Or, Guide to Knowledge. With Questions. For ...

Dorothea Lynde Dix - Education - 1828 - 304 pages
...M. I should like to hear them. D. " Much it wins my admiration To view the structure of that liitle work, A bird's nest. Mark it well within, without ; No tool had he that wrought j no knife to cut j No instrument to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; * No glue to join ; his little bill...
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Conversations on Common Things: Or Guide to Knowledge

Dorothea Lynde Dix - 1829 - 402 pages
...was returning from school. I will repeat them if you please. I should like to hear them. D. " Much it wins my admiration To view the structure of that...No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No instrument to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little bill was all ; — And yet how...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 1

William Bingley - 1829 - 382 pages
...degree of architectural skill and propriety, that would foil all the boasted talents of man to imitate. Mark it well, within, without : No tool had he that...wrought ; no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to intert, No glue to loin ; his little beak was all. And yet, how neatly finlsh'd ! What nice hand, With...
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Morning Conversations of a Governess and Her Pupils; Or, an Attempt to ...

Mary Anne Cragg - Conduct of life - 1830 - 260 pages
...nest, are beautiful: shall I repeat them to my sisters? Miss Angerstein. Do, my love. Elizabeth. " Mark it well, within, without: No tool had he that...bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak waa all. And yet how neatly finish'd! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...Seatonianae,' to the nidification of the tailor-birds, and the pencil nests of the baya : — ' " Behold a bird's nest ! Mark it well, within, without ! No...join : his little beak was all : And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, Could compass such another?" ' —...
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Mary Gray: A Tale for Little Girls

Anne Knight - Animal welfare - 1831 - 164 pages
...to an observing mind — ' It wins my admiration To view the structure of this little work, A bird"s nest :— mark it well within, without ; No tool had...his little beak was all, And yet how neatly finished !' "James Montgomery ha'S also written some beautiful lines, in a poem entitled the ' Pelican Island,'...
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