 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 str.
...; Methinks; it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ner. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The 'crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...! the moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd ! [Musick ceases. Lor. That is the voice, Or I am much deceiv'd, of Portia. Por. He knows me,... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1818 - 552 str.
...bird's being more attended to than others it, that it sings in the night.f Hence Shakespeare says, "The nightingale, if she should sing by day, " When...thought '• No better a musician than the wren." The song of this bird hath been described, and expatiated upon, by several writers, particularly Pliny... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 str.
...attended to than others is, that " it sings in the night;" and if we believe with Shakspeare, that " The Nightingale, if she should sing by day When every...cackling, would be thought No better a musician than a Wren," what must we think of that bird, who in the glare of day, when a multitude of songsters are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 str.
...; Methinks, it sounds much sweeter than by day. Ncr. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...perfection !— Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps with EndymioD, And would not be awak'd Г ^Mustek ctatct. Lor. That is the voice, Or I am much deceiv'd,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 str.
...termination of a confined view, is more agreeable than when seen in a group with the surrounding objects : The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither...; and I think, The nightingale, if she should sing hy day, When ev'ry goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician then the wren. Merchant... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 str.
...The Nightingale. * Smellie's Philosophy of Natural Historj. SHOWMAN. Shakspeare, I remember, says, The Nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every...would be thought No better a musician than the Wren. Do you consider this remark of the great poet a just one? NIGHTINGALE. I should be sorry to put my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 str.
...nightingale ', if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a mucician than the wren. How many things by season season'd...! the moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd 2 ! [Musick ceases. « — without respect ;] Not absolutely good, but relatively good as it... | |
 | 1821 - 276 str.
...The Nightingale. • Smellie'* Philosophy of Natural History. SHOWMAN. Shakspeare, I remember, says, The Nightingale, if she should sing- by day, When...would be thought No better a musician than the Wren. Do you consider this remark of the great poet a just one? NIGHTINGALE. I should be sorry to put my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 str.
...For. Nothing is good, I see, without respect ;* Methinks, it sounds much sweeter than by day. JVer. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. For. The...their right praise, and true perfection ! — . Peace, boa! the moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd ! . [Music ceasei. Lor. That is the voice,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 str.
...Methinks, it sounds much sweeter than by day. JVer. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither...their right praise, and true perfection !— Peace, boa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd I [Juvsic ceases. Lor. That is the voice,... | |
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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. 
