 | Mary Bristow Wood - Natural history - 1845 - 120 pages
...that of mouth ? Governess : Which lines do you mean, my dear ? Pupil : I will repeat them : — ' " It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join : his little beai was all — And yet how neatly (iiiishM t — what nice hand, With every implement and means of... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...song twitter'd to dawning day. But most of all it wins my admiration To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within,...join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...found an engraving of a bird's nest, accompanied by the following lines : ' Behold a bird's neat ! Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that...cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to loin : his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! what nice hand, With every implement,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pages
...Mr. Hurdis's pretty lines on this subject? I think I can ; speaking of a bird's nest, he says, * * "Mark it well; within, without, No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to out, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet, how neatly... | |
 | Mary Bristow Wood - Natural history - 1845 - 120 pages
...changed into that of mouth ? Governess: Which lines do you mean, my dear? Pupil: I will repeat them:—> "It wins my admiration To view the structure of that little work— A bird's neat—mark it well within, without; No tool had he that wrought; no knife to cut; No nail to fix;... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 864 pages
...the following lines : ' Behold a bird's neat ! Mark it well, within, without, No tool had lie tliat wrought ; no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glae to join: his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! what nice hand, With every implement,... | |
 | William Chapman Hewitson - Birds - 1846 - 434 pages
... COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. VOL. II. " It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...nest. Mark it well within, without ; No tool had he who wrought, no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join : his little... | |
 | Philip Tocque - Newfoundland - 1846 - 418 pages
...commerce, producing an annual value of £284,290, nearly as much as the seal fishery of Newfoundland. "It wins my admiration, To view the structure of that little work, A bird's nost. Mark it well within, without, No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...view the structure of I hat little work— A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without — No art had he that wrought; no knife to cut. No nail to fix,...yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every complement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural history - 1847 - 410 pages
...that nothing might be lost, and that one species might not inconveniently interfere with another. " It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool bad he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his... | |
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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... 
