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House-Swallows -- Jack-daws clamouring afresh at every time we waved our caps, or vainly slung a pebble towards their nests -- and one grove of elms, to whose top, much lower than the castle, came, ever and anon, some noiseless Heron from the Muirs.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819
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Ramparts, Bastions, and Aqueducts will prefer thy Parrots and Jack-daws to
The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) Thomas Baker 1704
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