 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
 | Charles Swainson - 1885 - 266 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 hedgesparrow." . In Bohemia they say that the Festival of the Annunciation of the... | |
 | Charles Swainson - 1885 - 264 pagina’s
...shall I be released from this world's care ? ' The bird, in answer, continues singing ' Cuekoo ! ' as many times as years will elapse before the object...by ; she has no time to make her nest, but lays her egg in that of the hedgesparrow." In Bohemia they say that the Festival of the Annunciation of the... | |
 | Charles Swainson - 1885 - 268 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 !'...her, that the building season goes by ; she has no tiuie to _make her nest, but lays her egg in that of the hedgesparrow." In Bohemia they say that the... | |
 | Charles Swainson - 1886 - 266 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 hedgesparrow. " In Bohemia they say that the Festival of the Annunciation of the... | |
 | Edward Hamilton (M. D., F. L. S.) - 1890 - 432 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 as many...questions put to her, that the building season goes by and she has no time to make her nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow" (Swainson, "... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 pagina’s
...Cuckoo ! When shall I be married ? ' and the old folks, borne down with rheumatism, inquire, ' Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! When shall I be released from this world's...nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow. This superstition, which was discovered by Marryat, is still preserved among the peasantry of many... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1892 - 812 pagina’s
...will elapse before the objects of their desires come to pass does the bird continue singing his note. But as some old people live to an advanced age, and...maids, the poor bird has so much to do in answering questions put to him that the building season goes by ; he has no time to make a nest, and therefore... | |
 | 1892 - 826 pagina’s
...will elapse before the objects of their desires come to pass does the bird continue singing his note. But as some old people live to an advanced age, and...maids, the poor bird has so much to do in answering questions put to him that the building season goes by ; he has no time to make a nest, and therefore... | |
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