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. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear,... The United States Literary Gazette - Page 1691825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Macgillivray - 1839 - 578 pages
...that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very...thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth T " After the period at which the young are hatched, the Nightingale... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 536 pages
...labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants B 3 the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling...thou provided for the Saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth ! And this makes me the less to wonder at the many aviaries in... | |
 | 536 pages
...at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear the clear airs, the sweet descents, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling...thou provided for the saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth!" Swallows have been taught to carry letters between two armies... | |
 | 1839 - 764 pages
...miracle* arc not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, u I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants,...rising and falling, the doubling and re-doubling of her Toice, might well be lifted nbove the earth, and say, " Lord, what music ha* thou provided for the... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 596 pages
...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 very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants B 3 the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...miserable death. He that at midnight, when the 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 of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say : "Lord! what music hast thou provided... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 560 pages
...sentiment than that which he penned down when he heard the nightingales singing, as he sate angling — " Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in Heaven, when thou aifordest bad men such music on Earth!" — Complete Angler, p. 10, Major's edition. VISIT TO WINCHESTER.... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...WALTON. HE that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have often done, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might^well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided... | |
 | Lady Georgiana Chatterton - 1841 - 328 pages
...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 very...thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth T " Of these clear Hampshire streams, Howitt says — " The water... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 344 pages
...when the labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have heard, the clear air, the sweet descant, the rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above the earth, and say, '•Lord ! what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest... | |
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