 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1816 - 298 sivua
...breeding near the same spot The Pheasant. The pheasant is a foreign bird, and was brought " into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor, whence the name, which it still retains. Nothing can satisfy the eye with a greater variety and richness... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 sivua
...a foreign bird, and was at first artificially propagated amongst us. They were brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 sivua
...Chron. ixiv. 20—22. And WELL'S Preface to Zechariah. 4799. [ 37.] Pheasants were brought ¡uto Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor. GOLDSMITH'S Animated Nature, vol. v. p. 184. 4800. [Matt. xxiv. 1 . To shew Mm the buildings of the... | |
 | William Bingley - 1821 - 298 sivua
...birds, though now found wild in our woods, are supposed to hare been originally brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia, situated to the East of the Black Sea. Pheasants are also found in other parts of Asia, and in Africa.... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1823 - 504 sivua
...with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days." The PHEASANT is said to have been first known on the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor, and that it was brought from thence by the Argonauts. . " It is, however," says Mr. Bingley, " very... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 440 sivua
...countries where it is to be found, iii. 42. Pheasants, at first propagated among us, brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor, whence they still retain their name; Crcesus, king of Lybia, seated on his throne, adorned with the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 sivua
...a foreign bird, and was at first artificially propagated amongst us. They were brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; and whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiftil of birds,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 sivua
...same incivility as he would show to one of his own sex. Pheasants were originally brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of birds,... | |
 | 1857 - 504 sivua
...its first introduction into Europe ; Jason of the Golden Fleece, and his Argonauts, having brought it from the banks of the Phasis — a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; hence the name phas ianus in Latin, faitan in French, fagiano in Italian, and pheasant in our own... | |
 | William Bingley - 1831 - 298 sivua
...birds, though now found wild in our woods, are supposed to have been originally brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia, situated to the east of the Black Sea. Pheasants are also found in other parts of Asia, and in Africa.... | |
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... us. They were brought into Europe from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, in Asia Minor ; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of birds, as well for the vivid colour of their plumes,... 
