 | William John Lucas - 1920 - 406 pages
...faint and inward ; but become louder as the summer advances, and so die away again by degrees. . . . The shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and...of everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. " About the 10th March the crickets appear at the mouths of their cells, which they then open and bore,... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1920 - 342 pages
...given by Gilbert White in his description of an insect. "The shrilling of the field cricket," he says, "though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." There can be no such "train of ideas" nor any vague sense of happiness due to association caused by... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1922 - 360 pages
...the field cricket when we remember Gilbert White's words: "Thus the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights...of everything that is rural, verdurous and joyous." Into this question we need not go, but I am convinced that there are many insects in this order that... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1923 - 340 pages
...captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and...of everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. The delight I know, but I cannot wholly agree with the explanation. A couple of months before this... | |
 | Robert Malcolm Gay - 1923 - 430 pages
...' ' The shrilling of the field cricket, ' ' he says, "though sharp and stridulous, yet marvelously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." There can be no such "train of ideas" nor any vague sense of happiness due to association caused by... | |
 | 1902 - 868 pages
...the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp 276 277 and stridulous, yet marvellously deli?bts some hearers, filling their minds with a train of...of everything that is rural, verdurous and joyous." The delight I know, but I cannot wholly agree with the explanation. A couple of months before this... | |
 | Leopold Damrosch - 1989 - 276 pages
...notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvelously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a...of everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. (2.2.6) Like his contemporaries whom we have been considering, White combines factual accuracy with... | |
 | George Edward Comerford Casey - 2004 - 362 pages
...associations which they promote than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field Cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." To dig out a Mole Cricket is an almost hopeless task, but I have heard that they may be captured in... | |
 | Louis Le Baut - 1959 - 358 pages
...captivated or disgusted with the associations which they 35 promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous... 40 The house-cricket resides altogether within our dwellings, intruding itself upon our notice whether... | |
 | 1846 - 438 pages
...captivated or disgusted with the associations which they produce, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." And thus, we may add, does the song of the hearth-cricket, through the mere effect of association,... | |
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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... 
