| Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 sivua
...The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception ; . . . and as to insects . . . in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble...to the bass of the humble bee, I admire them all." Equally specific is his record of the sounds from winds and waters, as in these lines : " Rills that... | |
| 1817 - 698 sivua
...fowls please me, without one exception ; and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection...sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the humble-bee, I admire them alL Seriously, however (he continues), it strikes me as a very observable... | |
| Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 sivua
...The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception ; . . . and as to insects ... in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble...to the bass of the humble bee, I admire them all." Equally specific is his record of the sounds from winds and waters, as in these lines : " Rills that... | |
| University of Calcutta - 1915 - 794 sivua
...in a farm-yard, is no bad performer : and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection...sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the humble-bee, I admire them all. 4. Paraphrase the following passage : — 20 ' Earth has not anything... | |
| William Henry Hudson - 1915 - 338 sivua
...in a farmyard, is no bad performer ; and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection...sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the bumble-bee, I admire all. Seriously, however, it strikes me as a very observable instance of providential... | |
| William Henry Hudson - 1923 - 398 sivua
...if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objections to any of the rest; on the contrary, in whatever key...sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the bumble-bee, I admire all. Seriously, however, it strikes me as a very observable instance of providential... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 sivua
...in a farm-yard, is no bad performer ; and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection...sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the humble-bee, I admire them all. Letter Is the Reverend John Neieiott, 18 Sept. 1784 300 The ^Promised... | |
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