| 1848 - Liczba stron: 530
...sweet, indeed, is Philomela's song. So thought the good Isaac Walton, when he said of this bird : — " The nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes...throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that, at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1848 - Liczba stron: 488
...blessings, they pay not their tribute of thanksgiving, and sing not unto the Lord the songs of Zion ! " He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have often done, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - Liczba stron: 708
...(skylark), the titlark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind both alive and dead. But d and weather do its worst, Be you to us but kind...find : Tis then no matter how thing» go, Or who's are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, u I have... | |
| Christian seasons - 1849 - Liczba stron: 524
...laverock, the titlark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind both alive and dead. But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes...instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear,... | |
| 1849 - Liczba stron: 698
...such sweet, loud mnsic out of its little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind think that miracles had not ceased. He that at midnight, when...very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1851 - Liczba stron: 502
...Leverock, the Titlark, the little Linnet, and the honest Robin, that loves mankind both alive and dead. But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes...throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have... | |
| Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - Liczba stron: 652
...Walton, the always-popular author of the "Lives" and the "Complete Angler," says of this bird, "But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes...instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles were not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should... | |
| George Burrowes - 1853 - Liczba stron: 542
...together composed a choir which we cannot imitate." In the words of Isaac Walton, " the nightingale breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental...throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1853 - Liczba stron: 716
...honest robin, tin« loves mankind both alive and dead. But the nightingale, another of ray airy creatum, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind и think miracles are not ceased. He that at midni^M, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - Liczba stron: 482
...the titlark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind, both alive and dead. But the nightingale— another of my airy creatures —...throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight , when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear— as I have... | |
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