 | 1826 - 1004 pàgines
...mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. " This...of the Brown Thrush are frequently interrupted by tbe crowing of Cocks : and the warblings of the Blue-bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pàgines
...that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. This...which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens: amidst the simple melody of the robin, we arc suddenly... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pàgines
...mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent; while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. " This...which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the robin we are suddenly... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pàgines
...mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. This...which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the robin, we are suddenly... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pàgines
...and • Travak, p. 32. Introd. 170 MOCKING BIRD. become altogether silent ; while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. This...by the crowing of cocks ; and the warblings of the Blue Bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 1028 pàgines
...his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. His excessive fondnesss for Tiriety, however, in the opinion of some, injures his song....by the crowing of cocks ; and the warblings of the blue bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling... | |
 | 1834 - 700 pàgines
...that the mortifiei songsters feel their own inferiority, and become silent, while he seems 10 triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. This...which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows. or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the robin, we are suddenly... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 248 pàgines
...that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. This...which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens : amidst the simple melody of the robin, we are suddenly... | |
 | 1852 - 670 pàgines
...mortified songster« feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he eeeme to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions. This...fondness for variety, however, in the opinion of some, injure* his eong. His elevated imitations of the brown thrush are fre-quently interrupted by the crowing... | |
 | 1839 - 1032 pàgines
...mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions. This...which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows or the cackling of hens: amidst the simple melody of the robin we are suddenly... | |
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This excessive fondness for variety, however, in the opinion of some, injures his song. His elevated imitations of the brown thrush are frequently interrupted by the crowing of cocks; and the warblings of the blue-bird, which he exquisitely manages, are... 
