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Geof watched their laughing tormenter until he stopped for breath near the base of the campanile_, and, in an instant, the pigeons were alighting on his arms and shoulders, and gathering in an eager, gurgling mass about his feet.— A Venetian June
The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, not breeding or willingly perching on trees.— On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
Before he ventured upon the splendid speculations at the Gothic Hall, with F r T n, Mr. Charles S and Lord D he used to frequent the most notorious g g houses, ~~355 occasionally picking up a half crown as the pigeons were knocked down by the more wealthy players.— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)
Startle not at the word as too strong--for the pigeons are cooing in the belfry, the stream is murmuring round the mossy churchyard wall, a few lambs are lying on the mounds, and flowers laughing in the sunshine over the cells of the dead.— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
The oak forests had not then fallen, and the pigeons were abundant in September and until there were heavy night frosts, when they would leave for milder regions.— Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1

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