10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIRD OF PASSAGE»
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bird of passage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bird of passage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Hard work, no pay and embarrassing conditions couldn't deter a young Woods Hole artist from signing on as the ship's mechanic and harpooner.
Memoirs of German who protests against his time and place culminated in his war-time betrayal of Nazi Germany and travel description of Europe, India, and Nepal and finally revealing experiences of becoming a Buddhist monk.
Sugata, Rachel Kellett, 2004
The collection includes major and minor works from a period which saw the development and triumph of the English novel.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
At an annual Private Investigators Association convention, a PIA Monthly magazine roving representative inquired of Carlyle Current, our hero -- better, the protagonist of The Bird of Passage: In your experience, what do you feel drives ...
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Speaking
of Animals: A Dictionary
of Animal Metaphors
BIRD OF PASSAGE a bird of passage. An itinerant person (WNNCD: 1732); a
borrowing from an exotic language. Source: BIRD. WNNCD: O.E. Literally, a bird
of passage is a migrating bird; but the metaphorical sense of "wanderer"
appeared ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
Volume: 2 Publisher: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle,
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A Natural History
of Uncommon Birds: And
of Some Other Rare ...
... though a Gentleman that is here, tells me, it is a Bird of Passage, though he
does " not know its Name ; but he has seen a great many of them in Winter, about
some *' Pine-Trees at Hackney, where he was at School ; and he has been told, ...
George Edwards, Royal College of Physicians of London, 1751
9
A
Bird of Passage and Other Stories
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
10
Critical Assembly: A Technical History
of Los Alamos During ...
21 Rudolf Peierls, Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist (Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1985); Peierls interview by Westfall, 19 Sept. 1986,
OH-141 22 Weart, Scientists in Power, pp. 141, 147; Prisch, What Little I
Remember, pp.
Lillian Hoddeson, Paul W. Henriksen, Roger A. Meade, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIRD OF PASSAGE»
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bird of passage is used in the context of the following news items.
What legacy do you want to leave your children?
... Dalinkua and Dalipie, had admonished whites in the late 1850's, and if you amass wealth, you soon become a bird of passage… you do not ... «The Stringer, Mar 15»
Budget Trivia
He calmly replied, “In matters of high finance, I am a bird of passage.” Hon. Finance Minster Jaitley: Feb 2014 to Feb 2015. When he rose to ... «Indiainfoline, Feb 15»
Italian-Americans' U.S. journey explored in new PBS documentary …
He was what was called “a bird of passage” at first, just here to send money to his family in Italy, but like many, ended up settling here. «LA Daily News, Feb 15»
Travel: A Caribbean cruise is perfect for winter
Now, like any sensible exotic bird of passage, she was forsaking autumn skies for kinder, sunnier climes. And, as luck would have it, I was ... «Scotsman, Jan 15»
King Nebuchadnezzar: The Reign Of Impunity
The menace of Boko Haram hangs over the corporate entity called a nation and over every individual, citizen or mere bird of passage. «Leadership Newspapers, Dec 14»
Poet- translator Alastair Reid writes final postscript
... baskets until Alastair suddenly swooped in for a few months, like some tall, sandy-haired bird of passage, before just as suddenly departing. «Buenos Aires Herald, Sep 14»
Alastair Reid, a Restless Poet and Essayist, Is Dead at 88
... baskets until Alastair suddenly swooped in for a few months, like some tall, sandy-haired bird of passage, before just as suddenly departing. «New York Times, Sep 14»
Postscript: Alastair Reid (1926-2014)
... baskets until Alastair suddenly swooped in for a few months, like some tall, sandy-haired bird of passage, before just as suddenly departing. «The New Yorker, Sep 14»
SOCIETY The worldview that makes the underclass
If there was an adult male resident, he was generally a bird of passage with a residence of his own somewhere else. He came and went as his ... «News Weekly, Jul 14»
Retracing the footsteps of a liberation struggle icon: “Where Others …
Now I was to be in my own home, with my wife and family, and no longer a guest or bird of passage seeking support for Namibia's freedom and ... «New Era, Jul 14»
