 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.  An elementary Indian reader - Page 30by sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...prose-writer. Who can adduce on the subject, a morsel of such impressive beauty as the following? " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear ajrs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...leverock, the tit-lark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind both alive and dead, But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,....sweet loud music, out of her little instrumental, that it may make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at' midnight, when the very labourer... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...leverock, the tit-lark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that ]<)ves mankind both alive and dead. But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,,...sweet loud music, out of her little instrumental, that it may make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...reader will be surprised, perhaps, when I name honest Isaac Walton. But let him read this and judge. " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer deeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet il< scants I, the natural... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 236 pages
...might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer ileeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descantsi, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - Bible - 1812 - 248 pages
...blessings, they pay not their tribute of thanksgiving, and sing not unto the Lord the songs of Sion! "He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I h'ave often done, the clear airs, the sw.eet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 546 pages
...leverock, the tit-lark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that; loves mankind bath alivaand dead. But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures^...breathes such sweet loud music, out of. her little. in-t Strumehtal, that it may make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 494 pages
...Leverock, the Titlark, the little Linnet, and the honest Robin, that loves mankind both alive and dead. But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have Tery often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pages
...natural terms than honest Isaac Walton, who loved birds almost as well as he loved fish, and says, " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear,... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...laverock, the tit-lark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind both living and dead. But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear,... | |
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