| Frederic Shoberl - 1836 - 296 σελίδες
...that at midnight, when the very labourers sleep securely, should hear, as I have heard, the clear air, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling,...and say, ' Lord, what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth ! ' " So various, sweet, and... | |
| Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 438 σελίδες
...Creation, i. 149. the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say,...thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music upon earth !" Walton's Complete Angler, p. 9. 13. He watereth the hills... | |
| William Macgillivray - 1839 - 578 σελίδες
...that it might make mankind to think that miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very...thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth T " After the period at which the young are hatched, the Nightingale... | |
| 536 σελίδες
...at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear the clear airs, the sweet descents, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling...thou provided for the saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth!" Swallows have been taught to carry letters between two armies... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 536 σελίδες
...labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants B 3 the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling...thou provided for the Saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth ! And this makes me the less to wonder at the many aviaries in... | |
| 1839 - 786 σελίδες
...miracle* arc not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, u I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants,...rising and falling, the doubling and re-doubling of her Toice, might well be lifted nbove the earth, and say, " Lord, what music ha* thou provided for the... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1839 - 594 σελίδες
...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 B 3 the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted... | |
| William Howitt - 1840 - 540 σελίδες
...sentiment than that which he penned down when he heard the nightingales singing, as he sate angling — " Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints...Heaven, when thou affbrdest bad men such music on Earth ! "— Complete Angler, p. 10, Major's edition. VISIT TO WINCHESTER. COLLEOE ftATEWAT. WYKEHAM'S COLLEGE.... | |
| John Timbs - 1840 - 430 σελίδες
...miserable death. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural...rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say : "Lord! what music hast thou provided... | |
| Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 σελίδες
...WALTON. HE that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have often done, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might^well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided... | |
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