 He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord,...  The life of Isaac Walton; incuding notices of his contemporaries. [on large ... - Page 77by Thomas Zouch - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1796 - 640 pages
...labourer fleeps fecurely, fhould hear, as I have often done, the fweet defcants, the natural rifing and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and fay, Lord, what mufic had thou provided for the faints in heaven, when thou affordeft bad men fuch... | |
 | Natham Drake - 1800 - 510 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear ajrs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted * The antiuv, or nightingale. above earth, arid say, " Lord, -what... | |
 | bp. George Heorne - 1802 - 562 pages
...curely, (hould hear, as I have often done, the " clear airs, the fweet defcants, the natural rifing " and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the *'...nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above *' earth, and fay, Lord, what mufic haft thou pro" yided for the faints in heaven, when thou affordeft " bad men... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1802 - 564 pages
...curcly, fhould hear, as I have often done, the u clear airs, the fweet delcants, the natural rifing " and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the "...nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above *' earth, and fay, Lord, what mufic haft thou pro" vided for the faints in heaven, when thou affordeft " bad men... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1807 - 514 pages
...fecurely, fheuld hear, " ať I have often done, the fweet defcants, the natural rifing and t>!!inr, the •> doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above " earth, and fay, Lord, what mufic haft thou provided for the faints in hravn, •' when then affordeft bad men... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear as I have, very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear as I have, very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...term: " He, that at midnight ihould hear, as I have often done, the fweet DESCANTS, the natural ri/mg and falling, the doubling and redoubling, of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth." The nightingale's voice is thus termed by Euripides IIOATXOPAATH, Rhefus, \. 54*. TODD. Ver. 604. Silence... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 238 pages
...clear airs, the sweet il< scants I, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, ' Lord, what music hast than provided for the saints in heaven, when lfiou affordest bad men such music on earth' ?" Complete... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - 1812 - 248 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I h'ave often done, the clear airs, the sw.eet descants, the natural rising and falling, the...thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou affbrdest bad men such music upon earth !" Walton's Complete Angler, p. 9. * Wesley's Surrey of the... | |
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