 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
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1888 - 314 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 parlor for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard,... | |
 | Charles Dent Bell - 1889 - 378 pages
...of his charming letter?, I can say, — " The notes of all our birds and fowls please me without an exception. I should 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... | |
 | John Ulrich Ransom - 1894 - 174 pages
...Say : in our home. 34 LONGMANS' GERMAN COMPOSITION 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. 4- WlLLlAM COWPER. 46. TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE young lambs are bleating in the meadows ; The young birds... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 pages
...knowledge is evident also in various passages on the sounds of nature. In a letter to Newton he wrote : " The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception ; . . . and as to insects . . . in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass... | |
 | William Cowper, Thomas Wright - 1904 - 508 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,... | |
 | 1817 - 698 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...except always, the braying of an ass. The notes of nil our birds and fowls please me, without one exception ; and as to insects, if the black beetle,... | |
 | Willi Possehl - 1907 - 62 pages
...ihm wie Musik erklingen, die Laute keines Tieres ihm unangenehm klingen mit Ausnahme der des Esels: .The notes of all our birds and fowls please me without one exception; and äs to insects, if the black beeile will keep out of way, I have no objection to any of the rest."... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 pages
...knowledge is evident also in various passages on the sounds of nature. In a letter to Newton he wrote : " The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception ; . . . and as to insects ... in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 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 parlor for the sake of his melody; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 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 parlor for the sake of his melody; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard,... | |
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