 | Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 Seiten
...talk ; belonging to such talk. I was going on in my confabulation, when Tranquillus entered. Toiler. I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate...always able To hold discourse at least in fable. And even the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | 1857 - 504 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 have a... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1836 - 140 Seiten
...vehicles of deception, thus sarcastically and triumphantly sings, in his fable of the Pairing Time: " I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no : "Pis clear that they were aiways able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child,... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 Seiten
...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 or no ; "Pis clear that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable; And e'en the child, who... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 Seiten
...may shir.e With equal grace below. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Housseau* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they...were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; * It was one of the whimsical speculations of this nhllowiphrr, tn« fables which ascribe reason... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 Seiten
...hirtough plough as «67 69: For the Table Book. EMIGRATION OF THE ROOKS FROM CARLTON GARDENS, 1827. " I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau, If birds confabulate or no : — ' Tis certain they were always able, To bold discourse, at least in fable." Cowper, The mandate pass'd, the... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1837 - 166 Seiten
...IRDSKC ~ COLLEGE LIB LONG-TAILED TIT. BOY AND THE BIRDS, EMILY TAYLOR. WITH DESIGNS BY THOMAS LANDSEER. I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate, or no : Ti» clear that they -were always able To hold discourse, at least, in fableAnd cvii the child, who... | |
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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... 
