 Man's field of vision embraces less than half a circle horizontally, and still less vertically; his brow and brain prevent him from seeing within many degrees of the zenith without a movement of the head; the bird, on the other hand, takes in nearly the...  The Writings of John Burroughs - עמוד 43מאת John Burroughs - 1895תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1879 - 592 דפים
...plants, or the geological features of a country, it is as if new and keener eyes were added. . . . A man has a sharper eye than a dog, or a fox, or than...purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking fem who did not have the walking fern in his mind. A person whose eye is full of Indian relics picks... | |
 | 1897 - 560 דפים
...present. And I sat and sat, and she never gave me the present. Some Thoughts from John BurroughsYou must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. The song-birds might all have been hatched or brooded in the human heart. If one is a lover of birds, he... | |
 | 1893 - 52 דפים
...thing*, both great and small; For the dear Lord who loveth us, He made and loveth all. Quotations. The eye sees what it has the means of seeing, truly....must have the bird in your heart before you can find it|tn the bush. The eye must have purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking fern without having... | |
 | Henry S. Salt - 1894 - 146 דפים
...nothing else than intense interest in his pursuit; for as another great naturalist has remarked, " You must have the bird in your heart before you can...it in the bush. The eye must have purpose and aim." J For the rest of it, there is much wisdom in Jefferies' precept, which was also his practice, of beginning... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 168 דפים
...is easy, and what is more, it is joyous. Things come to you. You are in vital connection with them. You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush, and when you once have it in your heart, the finding of it in the bush is a secondary matter. JOHN... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 478 דפים
...young is very accurate, as its downy covering does look precisely like a " slight moldiness." Returning a few moments afterward to the spot to get a pencil...must have -purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking-fern who did not have the walking-fern in his mind. A person whose eye is full of Indian relics... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1900 - 1004 דפים
...replied, "and yet I want to very much." " No," said I ; " you only want to want to see and hear them." You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. I was sitting in front of a farm-house one day in company with the local Nimrod. In a maple-tree in... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 460 דפים
...replied, "and yet I want to very much." * No," said I; " you only want to want to see and hear them.' You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. I was sitting in front of a farmhouse one day, in company with the local Nimrod. In a maple tree in... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 468 דפים
...young is very accurate, as its downy covering does look precisely like a " slight moldiness." Returning a few moments afterward to the spot to get a pencil...must have purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking-fern who did not have the walking-fern in his mind. A person whose eye is full of Indian relics... | |
 | Julian Willis Abernethy - 1902 - 526 דפים
...I must write from sympathy and love, or not at all." Elsewhere he gives this neat bit of advice : " You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush." With this directness and simplicity, that seem to be concerned merely with the plain record of facts,... | |
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