...was hatless, he had struck down with his cane a peacock butterfly, which Monsieur de Saint-Aignan had picked up from the ground quite stunned...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...It owed its name to its sign, which represented a peacock spreading its tail...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...The set may be as modernly elaborate as Peacock Alley of the Waldorf or the templed lobby of the St...
Stewart Edward White 「African Camp Fires」
...Thevoice of the peacock is by no means suitable tothe beauty of its external appearance, consisting of a harsh, disagreeable cry, not unlikethe word paon, which is the French name of the bird...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
...Thedifficulty with this creature, as with the peacock, is that it is nottruly domesticated; though it will not betake itself altogether tothe woods, it prefers to maintain a half-wild habit...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
..." He is a pet bird among tribes that have never seen the peacock, goose, and turkey...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds in Town and Village」
...Let me approach the Peacock...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...At this promise the Peacock was greatly tempted and began to hesitate inhis refusals...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...The Peacock, however, had spied his poor relative, and was filledwith cousinly resentment at his appearance...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...He had the Peacock in mind, andthough he did not exactly copy the plumage of that wonderful bird, hemanaged to suggest the cousinship of the Pheasant in the golden eyes ofhis long and beautiful tail...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...The plan came to him completely one day while he was sitting moodily ona tree watching the Peacock and his cousin sweeping proudly over thevelvet lawn of the King's garden...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...Ho! This ought to give some ideas to thatconceited Peacock family! I am a self-made man...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...Just at this moment the Peacock and his cousin came hurrying up out ofbreath...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...Li HungChang rescued the Peacock feather fromthe odium of ill luck, and hundreds ofpersons bought them after his visitwho would never permit them to betaken inside their homes prior to it...
Various 「Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [February, 1898]」
...He strutted like a peacock and chattered like a jay...
Gene Stratton-Porter 「The Song of the Cardinal」
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