 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 páginas
...asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think these birds could be taught to darn stockings. 5. He took the pains, too, to draw out one of these grass...threads, and found that it measured thirteen inches ; in that distance, the bird that used it had passed it in and out thirty-four times. 6. " Why, this... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 páginas
...not think that these birds could be taught to darn stocking* Mr. Wilson took the pains, too, to dia» out one of these grass threads, and found that it...inches, and in that distance the bird who used it passed it in and out thirty-four times. JC MARRIAGE should be considered as UK most solemn league of... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1852 - 178 páginas
...asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think these birds could be taught to darn stockings. 5. He took the pains, too, to draw out one of these grass...threads, and found that it measured thirteen inches ; in that distance, the bird that used it had passed it in and out thirty-four times. 6. " Why, this... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1853 - 176 páginas
...in earnest, if he did not think 'that these birds could be taught to darn stockings ? This gentleman took the pains, too, to draw out one of these grass...measured thirteen inches, and in that distance the bird that used it had passed it in and out thirty-four times. " I saw," says a writer who took a great interest... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 204 páginas
...asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think these birds could be taught to darn stockings. 5. He took the pains too, to draw out one of these grass...threads, and found that it measured thirteen inches ; in that distance, the bird that used it had passed it in and out thirty-four times. 6. " Why, this... | |
 | Francis Channing Woodworth - 1854 - 346 páginas
...asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think that these birds could be taught to darn stock ings ? Mr. Wilson took the pains, too, to draw out one of...used it had passed it in and out thirty-four times." " I saw," says a writer who took a great interest in the habits of birds, " when I was in the West... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1861 - 200 páginas
...asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think these birds could be taught to darn stockings. 5. He took the pains too, to draw out one of these grass...threads, and found that it measured thirteen inches; in that distance, the bird that used it had passed it in and out thirty-four times. 6. " Why, this... | |
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Mr. Wilson says, that he one day showed one of these nests to an old lady, and she was so much struck with the work, that she asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think these birds could be taught to darn stockings. 