...without obliging you to continue your aquatic excursions." CHAPTER XIX. THE LANGUAGE OF WILD-FOWL. " I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate...always able To hold discourse — at least, in fable." COWI'KR. A GOOD ear for ornithological sounds is as necessary to the midnight sportsman, as the natural...

...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,...were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; * It was one of the whimsical speculations of this philosopher, that all fables which ascribe reason...

...Cowper, in his "Pairing Time anticipated— a Fable," says,— I shall not ask Jean Jacques Konsseau If Birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they...always able To hold discourse — at least in fable. But in this saving clause Cowper was anticipated by Phaednis : — Calumniari si qnis autem voluerit,...

...and to be praised in verse. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau1 If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear that they...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And even the child who knows no bettor Than to interpret by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must...

...one room ; we must also remember that this was a voluntary act on the part of each of these birds. "I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; 'T is clear that they were always able To hold discourse — at least in fable." In an unreclaimed...

...fabulous narratives of Popery." Cowper thus commences his fable, "Pairing Time Anticipated:"— 375 I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; ""Tls clear that they were always able To hold discourse, at least In fable ; And even the child,...

...pondering these paternal words. In spite of what Mr. W. Cowper has seen fit to remark in derogation of " The child who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter The story of a Cock and Bull," I must stick up for the opinion that childhood is an age of literal...

...one room ; we must also remember that this was a voluntary act on the part of each of these birds. " I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; 'T is clear that they were always able To hold discourse — at least in fable." In an unreclaimed...

...spirit. Illustrations in colours are interspersed through this volume. " Little Fables for Little Folks." "I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear that they wore always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And c'en the child who knows no better Than...

...WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. ВТ HOASY FROST. CHAPTER VII. " I sball not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If bird« confabulate or no ; Tis clear that they were 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,...