10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAN-OF-WAR BIRD»
Discover the use of
man-of-war bird in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
man-of-war bird and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Eleazar Albin, who gives (1738) a figure of the head (apparently from the life or a
well preserv'd specimen), and of life size, has engraved under it ' The Head and
Bill of the Man of War Bird,' and thus describes it : — 'The Sill of the Man of War ...
Eleazar Albin, who gives a figure of the head (apparently from the life Or a well
preserv'4 specimen), and of life size, has engraved under it ' The Head and Sill of
the Man of War Bird,' and thus describes it; — 'The EM of the Man of Warlilrd-t- It ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1858
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The Old
Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway, New Edition
As a man-of-war bird circles above dolphins and flying fish, ineffectually trying to
spear one of the latter, Santiago commends “his” efforts and regards “him” “a
great help,” for “he” leads him to the marlin (33–34), but the old man feels
contempt ...
Ernest Hemingway, Harold Bloom, 2009
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Critical Companion to Walt Whitman: A Literary Reference to ...
222 “To the Man-of-War Bird” The soil is “leaven'd” by the blood of soldiers
wounded or killed in the CIVIL WAR, and the poet hopes that the blood-stained
soil will help to make more fertile his own poetry, now that the war is over. He
appeals ...
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The visitor or monthly instructor
In the European seas, however, the gannet is exempt from the persecutions of an
enemy, by which it is greatly harassed in the inter-tropical ocean ; we allude to
the man-of-war bird, which subsists in a great measure upon the labours of this ...
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The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor
In the European seas, however, the gannet is exempt from the persecutions of an
enemy, by which it is greatly harassed in the inter-tropical ocean; we allude to the
man-of-war bird, which subsists in a great measure upon the labours of this ...
7
The Old
Man and the Sea
Just then he saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky
ahead of him. He made a quick drop, slanting down on his back-swept wings,
and then circled again. “He's got something,” the old man said aloud. “He's not
just ...
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Idiom Structure in English
It is possible, of course, to claim that 'belligerence' can be found in all four items
designated by the morpheme string man-of-war; the jellyfish sting, ships do battle
, horses compete in speed, and the man-of-war bird is as majestic as a lone ...
Just then he saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky
ahead of him. He made a quick drop, slanting down on his back-swept wings,
and then circled again. "He's got something," the old man said aloud. "He's not
just ...
10
The Audubon Price Guide Book
... 420 AMERICAN ANHINGA-SNAKE BIRD $450-$950 $200-$450 $150-$355
420 421 FRIGATE PELICAN-MAN-OF-WAR BIRD $375-$850 $150-$450 $85-
$370 421 422 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN $1575-$3800 $850-$1700 $515-
$1150 ...
