 ... 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 to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of...  Short memoirs of eminent men - Page 126by Short memoirs - 1847 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...bad performer : and as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hue.«, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest...however, it strikes me as a very observable instance cf providential kindness to man, that such an exact accord has been contrived between his ear, and... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1805 - 500 pages
...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 to any of the rest ; on the contrary, iii whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the humble bee, I admire them... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 pages
...indeed of all hues, will keep out of my wayt I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the con^ trary, in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble,...them all. Seriously however, it strikes me as a very obr servable instance of .providential kindness to man, that such an exact accord has been contrived... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...no had 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 to any of the rest...key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble, to the hass of the humble bee, 1 admire them all. Seriously however, it strikes me as a very observable instauce... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...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 to any of the rest...key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble, to the hass of the humble bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however, it strikes me as a very observable instance... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...without one exception ; and as to insecte, if the black bettle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest...humble bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however (he continues), it strikt s me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...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 to any of the rest...humble bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however (he continues), it strikes me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...of light shot across the darkened horizon of his mind. " It strikes me," (he says on one occasion,) "as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such an exact accordance had been contrived between his ear and the sounds with which, at least in a rural situation,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...no bad perfonner; and as to insects, if the black >eetle, 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 key they sing, rem the gnat's fine treble, to the base of the hum>le bee, I admire them all. Seriously however it... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...lijpbt shot across the darkened horizon of his mind. ' It strikes me,' (he says on one occasion), ' as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such an exact accordance had been contrived between his ear and the sounds with which, at least in a rural situation,... | |
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