 | 1804 - 538 pagine
...rcfort to a bed of mignonette, oppufite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it, by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear, as the whittling of my linnets. ' All the found* that nature utters are delightful, at leaft in this country.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which though rather monotonous, is as agreeable...Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing, but J know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save and except always the braying... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my lin ne is. CHARACTER AND SENTIMENTS OF COWPER. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful,atleast... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 458 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it, by a hum, which though rather monotonous, is as agreeable...delightful, at least in this country. I should not perhaps lind the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing, but I know no beast in England... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it, by a hum, which though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear, as the V whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this country.... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey tney get out of it by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable...as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that Natme utters are delightful, at least in this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get oat of it, by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable...whose voice I do not account musical, save and except alwa)'s the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception.... | |
 | 1817 - 694 pagine
...and disgust. " All the sounds," says Cowper in one of his letters, " that nature utten are agreeable, at least in this country. I should not, perhaps, find...in England, whose voice I do not account musical, aave, ami except always, the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birdi and fowls please me, without... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pagine
...гигя! sounds which salute the ear in a line clear day. "All the sounds," said he, " that nature titters are delightful, at least in this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africl, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; bat 1 know of no beaut in England, whose voice I do... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pagine
...resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my inncts. All the sounds that nature utters are deightrul, at least in this country. I should not perliaps... | |
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All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of migno^nette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. 
