 All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, — at least in this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save...  The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 50edited by - 1805Full view - About this book
 | 1841 - 404 pages
...should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common or in a farm-yard,... | |
 | 1920 - 850 pages
...jingled in his pocket; and the mildly fantastic tastes to which he confesses in such a paragraph as. I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlor for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...should not, perhaps, find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing; but I know no beast in England, whose voice I do not account...musical, save and except always, the braying of an ass ! " A very proper exception, Edward. " The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour, for the sake of his melody; but a goose upon a common, or in a... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 788 pages
...should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour, for the sake of his melody ; but a goose upon a common, or in a... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 pages
...should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please mc, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang... | |
 | Short memoirs - 1847 - 170 pages
...should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake of his melody; but a goose upon a common, or in a farmyard,... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...should not, perhaps, find the roaring of lions in Africa, or bears in Bnssia, very pleasing, but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...notes of all our birds and fowls please me without an exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose j in a cage, that I might hang him in the... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England, whose voice I do not account...not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour, for the sake of his melody ; but a goose upon a common, or in a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...should not perlaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears n Russia, very pleasing; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account...ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, vithout one exception. I should not indeed think if keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang iim... | |
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