 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - Страниц: 504
...braying of an ass ! " A very proper exception, Edward. " The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in whatever... | |
 | 1841 - Страниц: 404
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in whatever... | |
 | 1920 - Страниц: 850
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlor for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm yard, is no bad performer.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - Страниц: 788
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...of his melody ; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm yard, is no bad performer. And as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - Страниц: 794
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...of his melody; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm yard, is no bad performer. And as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - Страниц: 790
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please mc, without one exception. I should not indeed think of...of his melody ; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm yard, is no bad performer. And as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues,... | |
 | Short memoirs - 1847 - Страниц: 170
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me without one exception. I should not indeed think...And as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles of all hues, will kee*' M 3 out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest; on the contrary,... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 1270
...without an exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose j in a cage, that I might hang him in the parlour for the { sake of his melody, but a...insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in whatever... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - Страниц: 420
...musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...upon a common, or in a farmyard, is no bad performer. Seriously, it strikes me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such an... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Страниц: 624
...musical, save and except always the braving of an at*. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think...I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake of hie melody, a goose upon a common, or in a farm yard, u no bad performer; and as to insects, if the... | |
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... this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our... 
