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" The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. "
A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected - Page 267
by Anna Brownell Jameson - 1877 - 371 pages
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On the Beauties, Harmonies and Sublimities of Nature; with ..., Volume 1

Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...myrthfully furth brist." Shakspeare, with an unusual neglect of Nature, says, The nightingale, if she would sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better musician than a swan. This anecdote reminds me of a passage in the opera of ZENOBIA % and still more...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she united strengths, And part your mingled colours once...Turn face to face, and bloody point to point : Then tilings by season season'd are To their right piaise, and true perfection! — Peace, hoa ! tne moon...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...would be thought No better a musician than the wren. 2 c How many things by seasons season'd are To their right praise and true perfection ! 9 — v. 1...
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The Sportsman

592 pages
...nor do they bear in mind the words of the immortal bard, who furnishes a motto to this article : " How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and trae perfection," In bygone days, our ancestors had little repose from the sports of the field ; for...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...seasoned are To their right praise, and true perfection ! — Peace, hoa ! The moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awaked ! \Music ceases. Lor. That...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...doth sing as sweetly as the lark, , When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...musician than the wren. How many things by season season'd are To their right praise, and true perfection!— Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...better a musician than the wren. How many things by seasons season'd are To their right praise and true perfection ! 9 — v. 1. 126 Do but note a wild...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...would be thought No better a musician than the wren. 33 How many things by seasons season'd are To their light praise and true perfection ! 9 — v. 1....
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Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of ..., Volume 1

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1839 - 476 pages
...doth sing as sweetly as the lark "When neither is attended ; and, I think, "The nightingale, if she should sing by day, "When every goose is cackling,...would be thought "No better a musician than the wren." It is on the same principle, that people, dwelling in the vicinity of waterfalls, do not appear to...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

1840 - 372 pages
...crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...musician than the wren. How many things by season season'd are To their right praise, and true perfection ! Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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