 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...to the bird, it began not only to leap and fkip on the perch on which it ftood, but alfo to talk and whiftle, and imitate the fhoutings and exclamations of the Brafilians when they prepare for battle ; if the woman bid it to fmg, it fang ; if to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promife, we... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and " imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the " Brazilians when they prepare for battle. In brief, " when it came into the woman's head to bid it " sing, it sang ; to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to give the woman... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they prepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it sang ; to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to give the woman... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they prepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it sang ; to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to give the woman... | |
 | Francis Channing Woodworth - 1854 - 346 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians, when they prepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it sang ; when she wished it to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they prepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it sang ; to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to give the woman... | |
 | 1899 - 478 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they prepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's Ii3ad to bid it sing, it sang ; to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to... | |
 | Our pets - 1873 - 214 pages
...stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they prepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it sang; when she wished it to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1875 - 1412 pages
...talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they piepare for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it saog ; to dance, it danced But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to give the woman the... | |
 | James William Buel - 1891 - 748 pages
...and to whistle, and to imitate the shoutings and exclamations of the Brazilians when they prepared for battle. In brief, when it came into the woman's head to bid it sing, it sang; to dance, it danced. But if, contrary to our promise, we refused to give the woman the... | |
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... parrot sing and dance to entertain us. If we agreed to her request, as soon as she had pronounced some words to the bird, it began not only to leap and skip on the perch on which it stood, but also to talk and to whistle, and imitate the shoutings... 