 | Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 strani
...he invites us to join by giving it a niche in the Recess of iL; Muees. THE SPRING BIRD TO M*#**## < I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau, ' If birds confabulate, or no.' COWFKR. Why, lady, gaze on so earnestly, And bend thy listening ear ? Say, would'st thou seek from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 strani
...what it may) I wish it all fulfill'd. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau* If birds confabulate or no ; Tis clear,...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable : And e'en the child who knows no better Than to interpret, by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | 1857 - 504 strani
...that of a Welsh wedding. 177 DAYS AND NIGHTS OP WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. BY HOABY FROST. CHAPTER VII. " I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate...always able To hold discourse— at least, in fable." COWPER. There is a feeling pleasingly contemplative, which steals over the sportsman when on the water,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 strani
...shine With equal grace below. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rosseau,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they...were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; Ami e'en the child, that knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and buH,... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 strani
...LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS, . •. I SHALL not ask Jean Jaques Rousseaa, If BIRDS confabulate or no; 'Tie clear that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the C/iild who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter, A story of a Cock and Bull, Must... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 strani
...severe and long-continued winter of 1783-4, appears to have suggested this sprightly and elegant fable.] I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau* If birds confabulate...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 strani
...Wales are alike enlivened by its merry bells along many a tract of country otherwise bare and barren. I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable; And e'en the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 strani
...be it what it may,) I wish it all fulfill'd. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. I SHALL not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau * If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear,...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child who knows no better Than to interpret, by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 strani
...it may,) I wish it all fulfill'd. ' PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau ', If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 strani
...what it may,) I wish it all fulfill'd. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau ', If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child who knows no better Than to interpret by- the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
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I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must... 
