 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 414 pages
...the ftillcr hours of darknefs, may be heard to a confiderable didance. In the beginning of the feafon their notes are more faint and inward ; but become louder as the fummer advances, and fo die away again by degrees. — Sounds do not always give us pleafure according... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 pages
...imitated by rubbing their elytra, after they are taken off, against each otherd. "Sounds," says Mr. White, "do not always give us pleasure according to their...and melody ; nor do harsh sounds always displease. Thus the shrillingof the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some... | |
 | Edward Dodwell - 1819 - 620 pages
...summer weather." The following observation* of the same author is still more to- the present purpose : " Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to...with the notes themselves. Thus, the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds... | |
 | Edward Dodwell - 1819 - 630 pages
...summer weather." The following observation 4 of the same author is still more to the present purpose : " Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to...disgusted with the associations which they promote thaa with the notes themselves. Thus, the shrilling of the field cricket^ though sharp and stridulous,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...may be heard to a considerable distance. In the beginning of the season their notes are more feint and inward ; but become louder as the summer advances,...harsh sounds always displease. We are more apt to b« captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves.... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 526 pages
...and, in the still hours of darkness, may be heard to a considerable distance. In the beginning of the season their notes are more faint and inward ; but...with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the Field Cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 402 pages
...in the still hours of darkness, may be heard to a considerable distance. In the beginning ! of the season their notes are more faint and inward; but...become louder as the summer advances, and so die away (Sgain by degrees. " Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 434 pages
...does not arise from the intrinsic quality of its music. " Sounds," it is well observed by White, " do not always give us pleasure according to their...and melody; nor do harsh sounds always displease. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket (Achela eampestris, FABR.), though sharp and stridulous, yet... | |
 | 1833 - 1056 pages
...regarding it from its character among the ancient Greeks, gelbourne White has well observed, that " sounds do not always give us pleasure according to...and melody ; nor do harsh sounds always displease. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some... | |
 | 1833 - 1032 pages
...regarding it from its character among {he ancient Greeks. Sclbourne White has well observed, that " sounds do not always give us pleasure according to...and melody; nor do harsh sounds always displease. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some... | |
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Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody; nor do harsh sounds always displease. We are more apt to be captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling... 
