 The bird, in answer, continues singing ' Cuckoo ! ' as many times as years will elapse before the object of their desires will come to pass. But as some old people live to an advanced age, and many girls die old maids, the poor bird has so much to do...  Denmark and Its People - Pagina 24door M. A. Donne - 1863 - 141 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Horace Marryat - 1860 - 482 pagina’s
...asks the question, ' Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! when shall I be married ? ' and the old folks, borne down with age and rheumatism, inquire, ' Cuckoo, when shall...nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow." . CHAPTEE XVIII. The town of Elsinore — Story of Dyveke and Christian II. — Her death — Execution... | |
 | Horace Marryat - 1860 - 490 pagina’s
...continues singing, ' Cuckoo,! ' as many times as years will elapse before the object of thendesires will come to pass. But as some old people live to...nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow." •• , : ':;? 'v; CHAPTEE XVIII. The town of Elsinore — Story of Dyveke and Christian II. — Her... | |
 | Horace Marryat - 1860 - 484 pagina’s
...before the object of their desires will come to pass. But as some old people live to an advanced ago, and many girls die old maids, the poor bird has so...to do in answering the questions put to her, that tho building season goes by ; she has no timo to make her nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow."... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - 358 pagina’s
...and asks the question, " Cuckoo, Cuckoo, when shall I be married?" and the old folks, borne down with age and rheumatism, inquire, " Cuckoo, when shall...goes by ; she has no time to make her nest, but lays hcr eggs in that of the Hedge Sparrow.' K 2 In Shakspeare's play of Henri/ IV., Part I., allusion is... | |
 | James Cundall - 1866 - 554 pagina’s
...Cuckoo' as many times as years will elapse before the object of their desires will come to pass. But some old people live to an advanced age, and many...season goes by, she has no time to make her nest, and lays her eggs in that of the hedge sparrow." APRIL 27TH. THE WHITE EAR, OR WHITE TAIL. — (Scuricola... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1874 - 622 pagina’s
...desires will come to pass. But as some old people live to an advanced age, and some girls never marry, the poor bird has so much to do in answering the questions put to her that she has no time to build her nest, and lays her eggs in that of the hedge sparrow." Wordsworth has... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1874 - 596 pagina’s
...desires will come to pass. But as some old people live to an advanced age, and some girls never marry, the poor bird has so much to do in answering the questions put to her.fnat she has no time to build her nest, and lays her eggs m that of the hedge sparrow." Wordsworth... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 pagina’s
...cuckoo, when shall I be married ?" and the old folks, borne down with age and rheumatism, enquire, " Cuckoo, when shall I be released from this world's...nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow. KINGFISHER.247 The common kingfisher, in the brilliant markings of its plumage — blue, green, orange,... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1879 - 300 pagina’s
...down with age and rheumatism, inquire, ' Cuckoo, when shall I be released from this world's care ?' The bird, in answer, continues singing, ' Cuckoo !'...by ; she has no time to make her nest but lays her egg in that of the hedge-sparrow."* The opinion of the muirland shepherds on the Borders is, that the... | |
 | William Jones - 1880 - 584 pagina’s
...as many times as years will elapse before the object of their desires will come to pass. But as many old people live to an advanced age, and many girls...nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow." In a Servian popular song, it is said that a sister wept incessantly over her brother's grave ; but... | |
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