 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
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - 798 pages
...ehould 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...one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping s goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour, for the sake of his melody ; but a goose... | |
 | Harvard University - 1874 - 668 pages
...sans nous mettre en ces hasards ? (j ) Kevcnons a nous moutons. 6. Translate into French : — (a) The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. 1 should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlor for... | |
 | F. Walter Savage - 1878 - 294 pages
...in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I did not account musical, save and except always the braying...birds and fowls please me, without one exception. COWPER. XI. Translate into French the following sentences : 1. Happiness belongs to him who makes others... | |
 | Great Britain. Civil Service Commission - 1879 - 620 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,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1879 - 632 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...braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls ' L please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that... | |
 | 1879 - 636 pages
...find the roar.^-LJ ing of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no t. i .beast in England whose voice I do not account musical,...braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls «. i please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that... | |
 | French examination papers - 1881 - 322 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,... | |
 | Frédéric Hunt - 1882 - 430 pages
...lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I did not account musical, save and except always the braying...notes of all our birds and fowls please me without exception.— Ox. Ex. Papers (Higher), 1873. — Cowper. Nous n'élevons pas d'abeilles, mais si je... | |
 | Franz K W. Lange - 1882 - 262 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 perhaps the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me without one exception.... | |
 | C. Rühle - 1884 - 204 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 perhaps the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me without one exception.... | |
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