Literary notes about Snipe (AI summary)
The word "snipe" plays a multifaceted role in literature. In many narratives, it appears as a small, elusive bird that becomes the object of pursuit or admiration in hunting scenes, evoking the challenges and exhilaration of the chase ([1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6]). At other times, its agile nature lends itself to metaphorical or ironic uses, where characters or actions are compared to the bird's elusive or foolish traits ([7],[8],[9]). Additionally, scholarly texts incorporate "snipe" in more technical or classificatory contexts that celebrate its physical characteristics and global presence ([10],[11],[12]).
- Stepan Arkadyevitch hit one at the very moment when it was beginning its zigzag movements, and the snipe fell in a heap into the mud.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - Not a grouse but a snipe flew up from beside the dog.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - A snipe flew by, and the shot aimed at it rang out with a gay, resounding note in the spring air.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Levin saw he had his gun pointed behind the snipe, but still he fired.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - Two snipe, playing and chasing one another, and only whistling, not crying, flew straight at the very heads of the sportsmen.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - The snipe flying high above instantly folded its wings and fell into a thicket, bending down the delicate shoots.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane If I would time expend with such a snipe
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - [Exit.] IAGO Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane If I would time expend with such a snipe
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare - " Richardson's: 290 ; p. 283 " Twist-tailed: 289 ; p. 283 Smew: 202 ; p. 199 Snipe, Common; 257 ; p. 256
— from British Birds in Their Haunts by C. A. (Charles Alexander) Johns - It takes its name from its similarity to the beak of a snipe, which is long and slender [1] .
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - The Snipe is found in all latitudes in every part of the globe.
— from Reptiles and Birds A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting by Louis Figuier
