 | Agriculture - 1862 - 588 pages
...nightingale's song may be applied with equal force to the mueic of the wood thrush, or American nightingale. "But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles had not ceased. He that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...to ! Nay, the smaller birds also do the like in their particular seasons, as namely, the leverock, the tit-lark, the little linnet, and the honest robin,...mankind both alive and dead. But the nightingale, 8 another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music, out of her little instrumental throat,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...birds also do the like in their particular seasons, as namely, the leverock, the tit-lark, the liule linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind both...make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He thai at midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear as I have, very often, the clear... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...true poetry: — '* Hut the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, btvaihe* such sweet, loud mufie out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not t cnsed. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1867 - 490 pages
...reach to ! Nay, the smaller birds also do the like in their particular seasons, as namely the Laverock, the Titlark, the little Linnet, and the honest Robin,...are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1867 - 972 pages
...his music." " The Nightingale," written in April, 1798 : " Poetical World" p. 454. " The nightingale breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might niake mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - Amusements - 1868 - 358 pages
...to? Nay, the smaller birds also do the like in their particular seasons, as, namely, the laverock, the titlark, the little linnet, and the honest robin,...little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1870 - 400 pages
...Chickadee of this country, and the Nightingale of Europe. Of this last Izaak Walton thus quaintly speaks : "But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out of her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight,... | |
 | Mrs. Alfred Gatty - Animals - 1871 - 336 pages
..."And Philomele her song with teares doth steepe." The Shepherd's Calendar, Nor. —SPENSER. •• But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out of her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles had not ceased." — WALTON'S... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - Games - 1872 - 246 pages
...to ? Nay, the smaller birds also do the like in their particular seasons, as, namely, the laverock, the titlark, the little linnet, and the honest robin,...little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should... | |
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But the nightingale,' another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music, out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. 
