The linnet is here, and the lark, and the yellowhammer. From Wordnik.com. [Betsinda Dances and Other Poems] Reference
For the voice that he swore 'ud out-call the linnet's. From Wordnik.com. [Green Bays. Verses and Parodies] Reference
There is something very Arcadian and un-Cockney-like in the idea of linnet-singing in Lock's Fields. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis] Reference
The English word linnet does not, to my mind, convey so much of simple beauty and of pastoral ideas as belong to our Scottish word LINTIE. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character]
Which linnet is the luckier bird. From Wordnik.com. [Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book] Reference
The linnet from the budding grove. From Wordnik.com. [Act I] Reference
Our linnet is a little larger than the English, with a clear, bell-like voice, as of a blacksmith’s hammer on an anvil. From Wordnik.com. [A First Year in Canterbury Settlement] Reference
'linnet'! oh, my poor Merle, you have taken wings indeed!. From Wordnik.com. [The Chouans] Reference
For my poor dry throat and Ill sing like a linnet. From Wordnik.com. [The Wren] Reference
I hate that the only rhyme I can think of now is linnet. From Wordnik.com. [Message from the gods] Reference
And the linnet flapped her wings and sang, and flew away. From Wordnik.com. [The Olive Fairy Book] Reference
In regard to the linnet the judge hardly knew what to say. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
In his bill and on his wings what a joy the linnet brings. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Thrush and blackbird, lark and linnet, doves that coo and hum. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation] Reference
It was summer: thrush and linnet sung their gladsome summer-lay. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873] Reference
Just hold this linnet for me, will you, while I stop the watch. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
Did not I tell you Patrick has got a bird, a linnet, to carry over to. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
She was like a linnet, caught by small boys and imprisoned in a cage. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XV] Reference
Canary did, although it was Mary's mother who took care of her linnet. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Fanny] Reference
California bird that has gained a bad reputation is the house finch or linnet. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
"You are hardly at your best, you know, old thing," said the linnet sympathetically. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917] Reference
The English linnet is a little sparrow with striped back and a purple crown and breast. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
This linnet, as near as I can remember, seemed to be somewhat larger than an English swan. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5] Reference
I have also seen a bird not unlike a thrush, and a few small things apparently of the linnet family. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
Springwort to remove obstructions, and the linnet making use of the Eyebright to restore its vision. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
In the United States we have no wild linnet, though we sometimes hear song-birds called by that name. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The song of the finch and linnet issued from the thick, low willow copse growing along the river's banks. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Others feed on grubs, such as the chaffinch, the sparrow, the ‘batis’, the green linnet, and the titmouse. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
No one would have known that it was anything but a common linnet, and yesterday the queen would have thought so too. From Wordnik.com. [The Olive Fairy Book] Reference
The melody of singing birds ranks as follows: The nightingale first, then the linnet, titlark, sky lark and wood lark. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
These speckled eggs of a bluish-gray belong to the linnet, which has a very sweet song, although not very powerful. From Wordnik.com. [Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn.] Reference
But the merry lark said, "No, no, gray, greedy hawk, no, no! You pecked at the little linnet, but you shall not peck at me.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Birds] Reference
"I will give you one of my fine dresses for your little linnet, and then you needn't wear that old patched calico any more.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Fanny] Reference
Again the linnet gave voice to his song, and the cooling breeze sighed among the tamarisk plumes that waved about their heads. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
When she saw the cage hanging amid the vines, and heard the clear, sweet notes of the linnet, her heart was stirred with envy. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Fanny] Reference
But she fills me with impatience, poor empty-headed linnet, with her laughter, and I turn my back upon her to continue my journey. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A linnet sang in her breast, an eagle lifted her feet. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
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