Of all his novels, "A Nest of Nobles" is probably the best.

A nest of tanks would be a convenience; one tank should be kept separate for the fixing-bath.

All things are newthe buds, the leaves, That gild the elm-tree's nodding crest, And even the nest beneath the eaves There are no birds in last year's nest.

This nest of pirates was the terror of Byzantium, taking Salonica by assault and selling as slaves the patricians and most important ladies of the realm.

The nest is a thick pocket hung either between reeds over the water, or fixed to the upright stems of a bush, quite near the ground, if the place is very marshy.

In return for this merchandise they obtain camphor, birds' nests, rattans, bêche de mer, pearls, and pearl-shells, coco, tortoise-shell, and wax; but there is no great quantity of these articles to be obtained, perhaps not more than two or three cargoes during the season.

Thus the song of the male bird, always uttered within a certain circumference, of which the nest is the centre, becomes a kind of sentinel voice, to keep the young birds within prudent limits.

"She is fortunate in having a dull dress; for, if she were as splendidly blue as her husband, nesting would be a very anxious occupation for her.

A Citizen of North America, whose nest is a wet bed of broken-down reeds, sometimes floating on the water of the marsh.

In return for this merchandise they obtain camphor, birds' nests, rattans, bêche de mer, pearls, and pearl-shells, coco, tortoise-shell, and wax; but there is no great quantity of these articles to be obtained, perhaps not more than two or three cargoes during the season.

"The boys found a bees' nest in a tree an' have been robbin' it the smornin'," continued Mrs M'Swat.

The high pointed nests of these destructive insects, formed of hardened mud, are the commonest objects one meets with in these forest solitudes.

An eagle's nest was a rare thing to him, and he hugged the tree and thought.

Then if we went still further north, even these would begin to grow more scanty and stunted, until the low pines in which the Grosbeak nests would be the only trees seen.

It became lined with hair, but the nest was a deep, pointed cavity.