 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1910 - 914 pages
...in the familiar passage in Imk W<on, his simple expressions of delight in the singer ' breathing such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased.' The subject of the nightingale's superiority as a singer does not, however,... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Animals - 1860 - 384 pages
...of this country, and the Nightingale of Europe. .Of this last Izaak Walton thus quaintly speaks : " But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out of her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight,... | |
 | Mrs. Alfred Gatty - Animals - 1861 - 264 pages
...of Comus. " And Philomele her song with tears doth steepe." SPENSER, The Shepherd's Calendar, Nov. " But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles had not ceased."—WALTON'S... | |
 | Mrs. Alfred Gatty - Fables - 1861 - 170 pages
..." And Philomele her song with teares doth steepe." The Shepherd's Calendar, Nor. — SPENSBB. '• But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out of her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles had not ceased."— WALTON'S... | |
 | Ernest Adams - English language - 1862 - 310 pages
...sadness To see the conqueror upon the hearse To weep a funeral elegy of tears. — Ford. The nightingale breathes such sweet, loud music out of her little...might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. — I. Walton. It makes us to walk warily. — Jeremy Taylor. 610. An ellipsis of the infinitive after... | |
 | Agriculture - 1862 - 588 pages
...nightingale's song may be applied with equal force to the mueic of the wood thrush, or American nightingale. "But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet, loud music out her instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think that miracles had not ceased. He that... | |
 | Months - English poetry - 1864 - 262 pages
...laverock, 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 discants, the... | |
 | 1864 - 472 pages
...neighbouring copse, a bird sets up a mellow, joyous trill, whereat the quiet undertone resumes . . . throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...leverock, the tit-lark, the liule linnet, and the honest robin, that loves mankind both alive and dead. But the nightingale,' another of my airy creatures,...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... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...true poetry: — '* Hut the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, btvaihe* such sweet, loud mufie out of 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... | |
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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,... 
