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Old and New London
… in the Vintry used to lift the barrels of wine, three birds were represented. The "Three Cranes" in Thames Street … period, however, the Vintners' Company alone possessed 500 birds. "On the first Monday in August in every year, the … to their respective employers, and marking the young birds. They proceed to the different parts of the river …
Old and New London
… first Lord Clive; John Latham, author of the "History of Birds;" Vicesimus Knox, who wrote the well-known book called … Curious Knots or Trailes, What fancy would devise, Beasts, Birds, or Flowers, Even as things naturall. Three manner …
Old and New London
… at all: all is one. But to hear the nightingale and other birds, and here fiddles and there a harp, and here a Jew's … the fragrancy of the walks and bowers, with the choirs of birds that sang upon the trees, and the tribe of people that … to it as the "Spring Garden," and speaks of "the choirs of birds that sang upon the trees." A fuller account of the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… as he said, feathers would not grow on these young birds. He told the ambassadors in conclusion that as his …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Spaniard meant to avail himself of the meeting to kill two birds with one stone, indemnifying himself for the audience …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… use of their Princess as of an owl, with which to lure birds. The Emperor, not understanding the simile, inquired … are used for the purpose of luring larks and other small birds, but apparently the sport was unknown in Spain or …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… were sending home for their particular delight. The birds were kept in a cage over the ship's side, and the …