 | William Jones - Superstition - 1898 - 618 pages
...cannot forbear quoting the well-known exquisite words in Walton's "Angler " on the nightingale ; who " breathes such sweet, loud music out of her little...might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. lie that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, shuuM hear, as I have very often, the... | |
 | William Jones - Superstition - 1898 - 670 pages
...quoting the well-known exquisite words in Walton's "Angler " on the nightingale ; who " breathes sudi sweet, loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might mate mankind to think miracles art not ceased, lie that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps... | |
 | Eugene Cunningham Branson - Readers - 1899 - 400 pages
...three-quarters of an ounce. Its colors are dark-brown above and grayish-white below. Izaak Walton says: " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out of the little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind think that miracles are not ceased. He that... | |
 | Pauline W. Roose - 1900 - 294 pages
...charm in Philomela's song, which he conveys to us in words scarcely less musical than her notes — " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1901 - 524 pages
...Laverock, 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,...are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1901 - 452 pages
...Walton, his companion angler, whose words about the nightingale's song have never been surpassed : " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling,... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - Antiquities - 1901 - 402 pages
...Walton, his companion angler, whose words about the nightingale's song have never been surpassed : " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures,...think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1902 - 564 pages
...quarters of an ounce. Its colors are dark-brown above and grayish-white below. 5. Izaak Walton says : " But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music OTit of the little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind think that miracles are not ceased.... | |
 | Helen Rose Anne Milman Crofton - Country life - 1903 - 420 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)...are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the... | |
 | Readers - 1903 - 360 pages
...titlark, the little linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind. breathes such sweet loud music, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not...should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth,... | |
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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,... 
