 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 Boy's Own Natural History - Page 28by John George Wood - 1882 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1862 - 588 pages
...might make mankind to think that miracles had not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet accents, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - 330 pages
...creatures, breathes such sweet music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankird to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps so securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear as I have, very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | 1864 - 472 pages
...joyous trill, whereat the quiet undertone resumes . . . throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight (when...hear (as I have very often) the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | Months - 1864 - 262 pages
...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...hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet discants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1864 - 302 pages
...jof which Walton used to think in the dead hour of night, as he walked in some favourite grove ? " He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps...hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He thai at midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear as I have, very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not t cnsed. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as 1 Lave very often, the clear airs, the sw«H't dew-ants tho natural rising and falling, tbe doabling... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1866 - 346 pages
...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...hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
 | 1879 - 204 pages
...best advantage. Old Isaac Walton, who wrote so pleasantly about fishing, said of the nightingale, " He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps...hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her We have learnt A different... | |
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