 He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet •descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say,...  The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation - Page 44by Izaak Walton - 1892 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...fhould hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the- fweet dcfcants, the natural rifing and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and fay, Lord, what mufick haft thou provided for the faints in heaven, when thou affbrdeft bad men fuch... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 232 pages
...hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the. fweet f d,feanis, the natural rifing and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and fay, " Lord, wbat mu/iek btft tb-.u provided /o- tbe Saints in Havtn, wbm tbau affardtjl bad men fucb... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...should hear as I have, very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well...heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth 1 * * * There is also a little contemptible winged creature, an inhabitant of my aerial element, namely,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...should hear as I have, very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well...heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth I * * * There is also a little contemptible winged creature, an inhabitant of my aerial element, namely,... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 236 pages
...should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descantsi, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well...lifted above earth, and say, ' Lord, what music hast than provided for the saints in heaven, when thou ajfordest bad men such music on eartK ?" Complete... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - Bible - 1812 - 248 pages
...the sw.eet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say,...thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou affbrdest bad men such music upon earth !" Walton's Complete Angler, p. 9. * Wesley's Surrey of the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...securely, should hear, as I have heard, the clear air, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well...and say, " Lord ! what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music upon earth."' Mr. Coleridge has vindicated... | |
 | England - 1823 - 782 pages
...should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well...thou provided for the saints in Heaven, when thou aftbrdest bad men such music on Earth '." He then returns to his hawks, which he says *re usually distinguished... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...sweet descants, " the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling " of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, " and say,...the saints " in heaven, when thou affordest bad men iuch music upon " earth f— (Complete Angier, P. /. Ck. I.) And that between men perfectly congenial... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, " the doubling and redoubling, of the nightingale's " voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say,...in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such " music upon earth !" Walton's Complete Angler/ p. 9. 13. He watereth the hills from his chambers : the earth... | |
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