"Goldfinch" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seemed pleased; she smoothed down a fold which the wind had raised in her frock, spread out a flounce, drew herself up, pushed back a hairpin which her fair tresses had dragged out of its place, all in quick, deft, and graceful movements, like a goldfinch preening ...
— The Ink-Stain, Complete • Rene Bazin
... yellow, like a goldfinch. He's solid gold all over, from the tip of his bill to the tip of his tail. Even his feet are golden. And he glistens in the sunshine as if he were afire!" That was the way Jolly Robin described the marvellous newcomer. "He's the handsomest bird that ...
— The Tale of Jolly Robin • Arthur Scott Bailey
... Alauda From middle of pratorum. April to July 16th. 11. Blackbird, Merula Sometimes in vulgaris. February and March, and so on to July 23rd; re-assumes in autumn. 12. Whitethroat, Ficedulae In April, and on to affinis. July 23rd. 13. Goldfinch, Carduelis. April, and through to September 16th. 14. Greenfinch, Chloris. On to July and August 2nd. 15. Less Passer May, on to reed-sparrow. arundinaceus beginning of July. minor. 16. Common linnet, Linaria Breeds and whistles vulgaris. on till August; ...
— The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 • Gilbert White
... walls, partly shrubbery and trees, and partly grass. There were the peaches, as tempting as any that ever grew, and yet as safe from fingers as if no child were ever in the garden. It was not necessary to forbid. The blackbirds, the thrushes, the whitethroats, and even that very shy bird the goldfinch, had their nests and bred up their young-ones, in great abundance, all about this little spot, constantly the play-place of six children; and one of the latter had its nest, and brought up its young-ones, in a raspberry-bush, within two yards of a walk, ...
— Advice to Young Men • William Cobbett
... with smallpox, in green leather slippers, and wearing a velvet cap with a gold tassel was warming his back at the chimney. His face exprest nothing but self-satisfaction, and he appeared to take life as calmly as the goldfinch suspended over his head in its wicker cage—this ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. • Various
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