10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUSTRINGER»
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austringer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
austringer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shakespeare Name Dictionary
Austringer. 38 originated in a play (The Troublesome Raigie of John, King
ofEngiand) that Sh. may have used as a source for Jn. 2) AW 1.2.5, kinsman of
the king of France. He has requested that the French refuse any requests for aid
from the ...
J. Madison Davis, Professor of Journalism Professional Writing Program J Madison Davis, Daniel A. Frankforter, 2004
Everything must be correct the day of that first free flight as, heart beating like a
drum, the austringer places the bird, free of leash or creance, upon a fence and
backs slowly away, eyes apparently fixing the bird yet still constantly alert for any
...
David Brian Plummer, 2001
3
Elizabethan Stage Conventions and Modern Interpreters
The OED, in turn, defines astringer (or austringer or ostringer) as 'a keeper of
goshawks' - in short, a falconer. Most editors or annotators agree with G. K.
Hunter that the Folio stage direction 'raises more difficulties than it avoids' (New
Arden ...
4
Floating on Solitude: Three Volumes of Poetry
THE. AUSTRINGER'S. DISSERTATION. You cannot get him easily, or you can so
easily what you get will be hardly anything you'd want. What you would wheedle
for, of course, is one with blood, a pulse in the throat, claws that could cuddle ...
5
The Shakespeare Name and Place Dictionary
Austringer, AWW5.1.6, 5.3.129, Fl 'a gentle Astringer,' a gentleman who raises
goshawks (short-winged hawks) for falconry. The sport is never mentioned nor is
it relevant to the plot, so the designation is probably a matter of making him more
...
6
Tara, Princess of Wales: The Breathtaking Tale of a ...
The austringer held the peregrine's hood ready to pull off at the Eorl's command.
Suddenly a lone pigeon rose from the heath and flew low toward the woods. “
Hold!” called the Eorl. “We'll not waste the bird on that one. On we go, and flush
me ...
William Draper Brinckloe, 2000
7
The History of al-Tabari Vol. 14: The Conquest of Iran A.D. ...
(The envoy) reported, "The austringer thanked me, and we eventually arrived at
two mountains with a wall in between them that was level with them and even
went higher. In front of the wall was a ditch, blacker than night because it was so
...
8
Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Creatures
It must have been over ayear later that Prince Fo, out hunting, was watching an
austringer being flogged to death ... the spectacle,since itwasunwise to benoticed
inattentive to the Prince's pleasures, soitwasonly whenthe austringer's cries ...
9
The Encyclopedia of Falconry
As an austringer's (formerly, strictly spervi ter's) bird, it has a long history of use in
Britain. It is generally considered unsuitable for the inex perienced, especially the
musket because of his small size and extreme fragility. The sparrowhawk is ...
Another statement that Sir Charles is an austringer is well off base. An austringer
is one who keeps and flies the true hawks or short-winged hawks and not falcons
. The two types of birds are as different as the Wellington Bomber and the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUSTRINGER»
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austringer is used in the context of the following news items.
Death of the naturalist: why is the “new nature writing” so tame?
... of T H White (1906-64), who was her fellow both as an author and as an austringer (the technical name for a keeper of short-winged hawks). «New Statesman, Jun 15»
'H Is for Hawk' and for Healing
The author of The Once and Future King was a failed austringer (keeper of goshawks) who wrote of his disastrous experience in The Goshawk. «PopMatters, Apr 15»
Helen Macdonald mourns loss of her father by taming hard-to …
In it, Macdonald captures the pain and rapture of her year-long pursuit to tame Mabel, then adds an astute biography of another austringer (as ... «Kansas.com, Apr 15»
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald: Review
As she rises, it seems, White falls, and her heartbreak finds a place to rest, a fellow austringer, a fellow soul, lost in the darkness. H is for Hawk ... «Toronto Star, Mar 15»
Author Helen Macdonald on the hawk that kept her grounded
The language, too, feels of another era: austringer, jesses, eyasses, haggards, creance, feak, mute, in yarak. Opening H is for Hawk is like ... «The Globe and Mail, Mar 15»
?H is for Hawk? Is This Year's ?Goldfinch?
On first glance it's a fascinating, if genre-defying, hybrid—a raw, no-holds-barred memoir of grief; something of an austringer's manual ... «Daily Beast, Mar 15»
What is it to be a hawk?
It is just what a very young, romantic, inefficient austringer might write. The twelve real living falconers will hate it and despise it in their guts.”. «Hindu Business Line, Feb 15»
'H is for Hawk' wins Costa Book Award
The book mixes in biograpical elements of T.H. White, a literary hero of Macdonald's and fellow austringer (a trainer of goshawks). The chair of ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
learn to spot a sparrowhawk
Then the hawk will be gone and you'll be left breathless, its image stamped bright on your mind. Helen MacDonald is an author and austringer. «Big Issue, Nov 14»
I'm strictly free of fake tan: Sophie Ellis-Bextor refuses to use it in …
Austringer, Highlands, 11 months ago. Pragtig!. lekker om te sien ons het Afrikaanse mense wat hierdie e-koerant lees. 0. 2. Click to rate. «Daily Mail, Nov 13»
