 | Thomas Pennant - 1818 - 552 sayfa
...bird's being more attended to than others it, that it sings in the night.f Hence Shakespeare says, "The nightingale, if she should sing by day, " When...thought '• No better a musician than the wren." The song of this bird hath been described, and expatiated upon, by several writers, particularly Pliny... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 sayfa
...attended to than others is, that " it sings in the night;" and if we believe with Shakspeare, that " The Nightingale, if she should sing by day When every...cackling, would be thought No better a musician than a Wren," what must we think of that bird, who in the glare of day, when a multitude of songsters are... | |
 | Frances Moore - 1818 - 630 sayfa
...her Ladyship : " Mercy forbid ! you forget " ' The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When ev'ry goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.' " Then billiards ?" resumed Lord James, with rather more energy than usual. " Oh, worse and worse !"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 sayfa
...sounds much sweeter than by day. Ncr. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended;...would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many things by season season'd are To their right praise, and true perfection !— Peace, hoa !... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 sayfa
...view, is more agreeable than when seen in a group with the surrounding objects : The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended ; and I think, The nightingale, if she should sing hy day, When ev'ry goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician then the wren. Merchant... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 sayfa
...The Nightingale. * Smellie's Philosophy of Natural Historj. SHOWMAN. Shakspeare, I remember, says, The Nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every...would be thought No better a musician than the Wren. Do you consider this remark of the great poet a just one? NIGHTINGALE. I should be sorry to put my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 sayfa
...sounds much sweeter than by day. NER. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. POR. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ;...every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a mucician than the wren. How many things by season season'd are To their right praise, and true perfection... | |
 | 1821 - 276 sayfa
...The Nightingale. • Smellie'* Philosophy of Natural History. SHOWMAN. Shakspeare, I remember, says, The Nightingale, if she should sing- by day, When...would be thought No better a musician than the Wren. Do you consider this remark of the great poet a just one? NIGHTINGALE. I should be sorry to put my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 sayfa
...sounds much sweeter than by day. NER. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. FOR. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale 1, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a mucician than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 sayfa
...sounds much sweeter than by day. JVer. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. For. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ;...would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many things by season season'd are To their right praise, and true perfection ! — . Peace, boa!... | |
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The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. 
