| William Youatt - 1839 - 238 páginas
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...beautiful ; nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Firdausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit : —... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 páginas
...occasion the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...enjoyments, because it has the misfortune to be rare and beautiful. Nor shall I ever forget the couplet of the Persian poet Ferdausi, ' Ah, spare yon emmet,... | |
| Christopher Anderson - 1847 - 500 páginas
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...beautiful : nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Fordausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours hlessings on his departed spirit : Ah !... | |
| Christopher Anderson - 1848 - 432 páginas
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...beautiful: nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Fordausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit : Ah !... | |
| John Timbs - 1856 - 374 páginas
...the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...enjoyments, because it has the misfortune to be rare and beautiful. — Sir W, Jones. MCCLVIIL I hate ingratitude more in a man, Than lying, vainness, babbling,... | |
| 1856 - 372 páginas
...the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...enjoyments, because it has the misfortune to be rare and beautiful. — Sir W. Janet. MCCLVIIL I hate mgratitude more in a man, Than lying, vainness, babbling,... | |
| Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 páginas
...conceive with what feelings a naturalist can occasion the misery of an innocent bird, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated,...forget the couplet of Ferdausi, for which Sadi, who quotes it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit: — ' Ah ! spare yon emmet, rich in... | |
| Henry Morris - 1908 - 266 páginas
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated,...beautiful : nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Firdusi : ' Ah I spare yon emmet, rich in hoarded grain ; He lives with pleasure, and he dies with... | |
| Timothy Morton - 2000 - 304 páginas
...because it has the misfortune to be rare or beautyful; nor shall i ever forget the couplet of Firdausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit: "Ah! spare you emmet, rich in hoarded grain; He lives with pleasure, and he dyes with pain."* "Man is that link... | |
| Howard Williams - 2003 - 436 páginas
...of "Naturalists" in the infliction of pain) writes : "I shall never forget the couplet of Ferdusif for which Sadi,^ who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit : — "Ah t spare yon emmet, rich in hoarded grain : He lives with pleasure and he dies with pain." To which... | |
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