 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,...  The United States Literary Gazette - 157 페이지1825전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1913 - 624 페이지
...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...Thou provided for the saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth ? " (From The Complete Angler.) ANGLING AN ART Piscator. Well,... | |
 | John Vaughan - 1913 - 166 페이지
...cowslip bank," for "the sweet smell of lavender." Listening to the notes of the nightingale, he exclaims, "Lord, what music hast Thou provided for the saints...when Thou affbrdest bad men such music on earth." Resting in " the cool shade of a honeysuckle hedge," he invites his companion to join with him in thankfulness... | |
 | Carson Samuel Duncan - 1918 - 204 페이지
...that it might make mankind to think miracles are not yet 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 7 The Complete Angler, p. 96. "Ibid. p. 117. 'Ibid. p. 84. » Ibid. p. 42. "Ibid. natural rising and... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1913 - 314 페이지
...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 sweetdescants, thenatural rising and falling, the doubling and redoublingof her voice, might well belifted... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 페이지
...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...Thou provided for the saints in heaven, when Thou afiordest bad men such music on earth ?" WALLER (OUTLINE HISTORY, § 49) OLD AGE (From Divine Poems)... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1916 - 344 페이지
...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...the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well bo lifted above earth, and say Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou... | |
 | John Milton - 1916 - 224 페이지
...employs descant here to signify the varied notes of the nightingale. Cf. Isaac Walton's description — " the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising...falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice" (ie the nightingale's), Complete Angler, I. i. So Spenser says of the thrush, "the Mavis descant playes,"... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 264 페이지
...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...thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth!" The Compleat Angler, I, chap. i. SIR THOMAS BROWNE 1605-1682... | |
 | Henry Adelbert White - 1922 - 360 페이지
...it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often,...redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above the earth, and say, "Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints of Heaven, when thou affordest... | |
 | 1921 - 286 페이지
...Caedmon. Here, in our goodly Izaak Walton, is sheer and pure prose : " He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear air, the sweet descant, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might... | |
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