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4 Quotes for 'Lapwings' in the Database.
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Lapwings Quotes
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Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god,
He made the barren waste his lone abode,
And oft on soaring pinions hover'd o'er
The lofty palace then his own no more.
Author: James Beattie
Source: Vergil (pastoral 6)
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The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Source: The Parlement of Fowles (l. 47)
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Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies,
And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Source: The Deserted Village (l. 44)
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Now begin;
For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing runs
Close by the ground, to hear our conference.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero at III, i)
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