 | 1911 - 202 strani
...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,...when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth?" OF STUDIES BY FRANCIS BACON Studies serve or delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use... | |
 | A. E. Sharp - 1911 - 264 strani
...snatched a damask bud. 9. " Our work," said I, " was well begun." 10. He that hears the nightingale might say, " Lord, what music hast Thou provided for the...heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth 1" 11. And wonder if thou haunt'st their shy retreats. 12. Children dear, was it yesterday We heard... | |
 | 1852 - 660 strani
...imagination and eloquent to the heart. " Lord," exclaims old Walton, " what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth?" There appears to be a meaning in the sound beyond what reaches the ear ; it links itself with the aspects... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1913 - 624 strani
...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...heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth ? " (From The Complete Angler.) ANGLING AN ART Piscator. Well, now, Mr. Venator, you shall neither... | |
 | Carson Samuel Duncan - 1918 - 204 strani
...of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not yet ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps...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 strani
...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...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... | |
 | John Vaughan - 1913 - 166 strani
...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 in heaven, when Thou affbrdest bad men such music on earth." Resting in " the cool shade of a honeysuckle hedge," he invites... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 strani
...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...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 strani
...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...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 strani
...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,"... | |
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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,... 
