 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.  Elements of Criticism - Page 373by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772 - 398 pages
...more -agreeable than when feen in a group with the furrounding objects : The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark When neither is attended ; and, I think, * The nightingale, if fhe fhould fing by day, When ev'ry gooi'e is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 456 pages
...fweetcr than by day. Ner. Silence beftows the virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if fhe mould fing by day, When every gooie is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - 1775 - 626 pages
...than by day. tJert/Ja. Silence beftows the virtue on it, Madam. Portia. The crow doth ling as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if (he fhould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1116 pages
...than by day. Л'г'. Silence bellows that virtue on it, madam. I'm-. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if me Ihould fmg by day, \Vlien ei ery goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 402 pages
...sounds much sweeter than by day. AYr. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The crow dotli sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, \ 10 The nightingale^ if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1787 - 700 pages
...fweeter than by day. Ner. Silence beftows that virtue on it, madam. For. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if (he fhould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1787 - 694 pages
...fweeter than by day. Ner. Silence beftows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if fhe mould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 598 pages
...than by day. Лст-. Silence bellows that virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth fing as fweetly obedient to its fupcnors. [Aft 3. Scene 6. Speak, captain, for his life, (he mould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...fweeter than by day. N.er. Silence bcftow s that virtue on it, madam. Par. The crow docs fing as Iwectly as the lark. When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if (he ihould fing by day, When cv'ry goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | 1796 - 502 pages
...than by day. fferija. Silence beftows that virtue on it, madam. fortia. The çcow doth fiug as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if (he (hou Id fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician rhan the... | |
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