 ... his powers and attuning his organs; by degrees the sound opens and swells, it bursts with loud and vivid flashes, it flows with smooth volubility, it faints and murmurs, it shakes with rapid and violent articulations; the soft breathings of love and...  A companion to the Liverpool museum - Page 56by William Bullock (F.L.S.) - 1808 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bullock - Natural history - 1813 - 250 pages
...song of this unrivalled bird, is taken from the ingenious author of the Histoire des Oiseaux :—" The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to nature by essaying his powers and attuning his organs; by degrees the sound opens and swells, it bursts with... | |
 | Birds - 1816 - 338 pages
...animated description of it is taken from the ingenious author of the Histoire ties Oiseaux : — " The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to nature by assaying his powers and attuning his organs; bydegrees the sound opens and swells, it bursts with loud... | |
 | Classical philology - 1823 - 418 pages
...following animated description of it is taken from the ingenious author of the Histoire des Oiseaux : — ' The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to Nature by essaying his powers and attuning his organs ; by degrees the sound opens and swells — it bursts with... | |
 | Classical philology - 1823 - 418 pages
...following animated description of it is taken from the ingenious author of the Histoire des Oiseaux: — ' The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to Nature by essaying his powers and attuning his organs ; by degrees the sound opens and swells — it bursts with... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1827 - 462 pages
...the nightingale is the greatest. ' The leader of the vernal chorus,' says the Histoire des Oiseaux, ' begins with a low and timid voice ; and he prepares for the hymn to nature, by essaying his powers and attuning his organs. By degrees, the sound opens and swells ; it bursts with... | |
 | 1828 - 488 pages
...nightingale is the greatest. " The leader of the vernal chorus," says the ffistoire des Oiseaux, " hegins with a low and timid voice ; and he prepares for the hymn to nature, by essaying his powers and attuning his organs. By degrees, the sound opens and swells; it bursts with... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...varied song of this unrivalled bird, is taken from the ingenious author of the llistoire des Oiseaux i " The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to nature by essaying his powers and attuning his organs ; by degrees the sound opens and swells ; it bursts with... | |
 | Young lady - Great Britain - 1829 - 542 pages
...song, taken from the work of a talented author ; but it falls short of the delightful reality : — " The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...voice; and he prepares for the hymn to Nature, by assaying his powers, and attuning his organs: by degrees, the sound opens and swells ; — it bursts... | |
 | Stephen Glover - Derbyshire (England) - 1831 - 510 pages
...varied song of this unrivalled bird, is taken from the ingenious author of the Hittaire des O'ucaiu- : " The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to nature by essaying his powers and attuning his organs; by degrees the sound opens and swells; it bursts with... | |
 | 1833 - 632 pages
...the warble of the nightingale is taken from the ingenious author of the " Histoire des Oiseaux:"— " The leader of the vernal chorus begins with a low...timid voice, and he prepares for the hymn to nature by assaying his powers and attuning his organs; by degrees the sound opens and swells, it bursts with... | |
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