A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 8
... musical and half poetical , which are awakened by the songs of birds , be- long to this class of refined enjoyments . But the music of birds , though delightful to all , con- veys active and durable pleasure only to those who have ...
... musical and half poetical , which are awakened by the songs of birds , be- long to this class of refined enjoyments . But the music of birds , though delightful to all , con- veys active and durable pleasure only to those who have ...
Page 19
... musical compositions . How little soever the Hair - Bird may be valued as a songster , his voice , I am sure , would be most sadly missed , were it nevermore to be heard charmingly blending with the louder voices of other chor- isters ...
... musical compositions . How little soever the Hair - Bird may be valued as a songster , his voice , I am sure , would be most sadly missed , were it nevermore to be heard charmingly blending with the louder voices of other chor- isters ...
Page 27
... musical . The grand concert of the feathered tribe takes place during the hour between dawn and sunrise . During the ... musical intervals in their time or melody . Yet they have no deficiency of musical ear , for almost any singing ...
... musical . The grand concert of the feathered tribe takes place during the hour between dawn and sunrise . During the ... musical intervals in their time or melody . Yet they have no deficiency of musical ear , for almost any singing ...
Page 42
... musical entertainment in the morning shall first be heard , and that the lively and comic strains shall follow them . In the evening this order is reversed , and after the com- edy is concluded Nature lulls us to repose by the mellow ...
... musical entertainment in the morning shall first be heard , and that the lively and comic strains shall follow them . In the evening this order is reversed , and after the com- edy is concluded Nature lulls us to repose by the mellow ...
Page 54
... musical gamut before them , I might have conjectured that this bird had been taught by a frog , and that , despising his teacher , he strove not to learn his reptile notes but to burlesque them . As I was walking homeward , I could not ...
... musical gamut before them , I might have conjectured that this bird had been taught by a frog , and that , despising his teacher , he strove not to learn his reptile notes but to burlesque them . As I was walking homeward , I could not ...
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