10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWANNERIES»
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swanneries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Swans of the World: In Nature, History, Myth & Art
... successful couples are nesting and bringing up the young. If the swans are
captive swans, those who live year-round in bird sanctuaries, zoos, waterfowl
parks, or swanneries, the pair begins as winter fades to show signs of
restlessness to ...
2
Johnson's Natural History, Comprehensive, Scientific, and ...
This bird is found wild during summer in Northern Europe; in winter it migrates to
the south; it is stationary in Greece, Asia Minor, the. It has long been
domesticated in England, and formerly extensive swanneries existed on the
Thames and ...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1872
Supreme is the importance of thest They are our inspired speakers and seers, the
light of the world ; who are to deliver the world from its swanneries, v-
superstitions (political or other) ; — priceless and indispensable to us that first
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4
ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
This bird is found wild during summer in Northern Europe ; in winter it migrates to
the south ; it is stationary in Greece, Asia Minor, &c. It has long been
domesticated in England, and formerly extensive swanneries existed on the
Thames and ...
5
Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages
ogy for their purity and associations with Christ.39 It is perhaps partly because of
this religious significance that swanneries featured prominently in the landscapes
around bishops' palaces. It was within the setting of the bishop of Lincoln's ...
Oliver Hamilton Creighton, 2009
Yarrell described the swanneries in Middlesex and gave a full account of the
Mute Swan in his book on British birds. In the 19th century all Mute Swans came
under the control of swanneries, which were owned by the Crown, public
companies ...
7
Father Thames: the pleasures of London's river
You will find them living in pairs, families and in colonies of swanneries on all
parts of the River Thames. They swim about and live happily among the big ships
in the lower reaches, and inhabit swanneries in the upper reaches, notably at ...
8
Johnson's Natural History, Comprehensive, Scientific, and ...
This bird is found wild during summer in Northern Europe; in winter it migrates to
the south ;y it is stationary in Greece, Asia Minor, &c. It has long been
domesticated in England, and formerly extensive swanneries existed on the
Thames and ...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Edward Livingston Youmans, Julius Hawley Seelye, 1875
9
Blackwood's Edinburge Magazine
It is a pleasant mistake to make with one's eyes open—a tame for a wild swan. In
hard weather, the common swans are sometimes driven from the ponds in
entlemen's “ p0licies,” or from the arge swanneries, such as that at AbbOts'bul-y
in ...
10
Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns ...
In hard weather they are driven from gentlemen's ponds, and particularly from the
large swanneries ; such, for instance, as that of Lord Ilchester, at Abbotsbury, in
Dorsetshire. They then frequently repair to the shore ; and by congregating in ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWANNERIES»
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swanneries is used in the context of the following news items.
SOS Save Our Swans
BY MEDIEVAL times swans were so popular as a special dish for the rich that they were reared in enclosures known as swanneries. One of the most important of ... «Express.co.uk, Aug 11»
