... is no bad performer ; and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of... Letters of William Cowper - Página 291por William Cowper - 1912 - 428 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 páginas
...farm-yard, is no bad performer : and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hue.«, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any...however, it strikes me as a very observable instance cf providential kindness to man, that such an exact accord has been contrived between his ear, and... | |
| Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 páginas
...goose upon a common, or .in a farmyard, is no bad performer : and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, iii whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the humble bee, I admire them... | |
| William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 páginas
...indeed of all hues, will keep out of my wayt I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the con^ trary, in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble,...them all. Seriously however, it strikes me as a very obr servable instance of .providential kindness to man, that such an exact accord has been contrived... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 páginas
...goose upon a common, or in a farmyard, is no had performer : and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble, to the hass of the humble bee, 1 admire them all. Seriously however, it strikes me as a very observable instauce... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 páginas
...goose upon a common, or in a farmyard, is no bad performer : and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble, to the hass of the humble bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however, it strikes me as a very observable instance... | |
| 1817 - 694 páginas
...all our birdi and fowls please me, without one exception ; and as to insecte, if the black bettle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...humble bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however (he continues), it strikt s me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that... | |
| 1817 - 708 páginas
...all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception ; and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...humble bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however (he continues), it strikes me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 páginas
...goose upon a common, or in a farm yard, i» no bad perfonner; and as to insects, if the black >eetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...rest; on the contrary, in whatever key they sing, rem the gnat's fine treble, to the base of the hum>le bee, I admire them all. Seriously however it... | |
| 1843 - 174 páginas
...to which we are so much and so constantly indebted ? Well might Cowper say, in one of his letters, " It strikes me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such an exact accordance has been contrived between his ear and the sounds with which, at least in a rural situation,... | |
| 1841 - 404 páginas
...goose upon a common or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer ; and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my...to the bass of the humble bee, I admire them all. The fields, the woods, the gardens, have each their concert, and the ear of man is for ever regaled... | |
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