 | William Henry Hudson - 1906 - 400 стор.
...writes in a somewhat apologetic strain : " Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody, nor do harsh sounds always displease....with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds... | |
 | 1902 - 868 стор.
...writes in a somewhat apologetic strain: — "Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody, nor do harsh sounds always displease....with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp 276 277 and stridulous, yet marvellously deli?bts some hearers, filling... | |
 | George Edward Comerford Casey - 2004 - 362 стор.
...will venture to impugn. Says Gilbert White: "Sounds do not always gives us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody: nor do harsh sounds always displease....with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field Cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds... | |
 | 1822 - 512 стор.
...admirably with the forest. — White, of Selborne. Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody ; nor do harsh sounds always...filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. — The same. BOERHAAVE. BOERHAAVE, one of the most... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1828 - 546 стор.
...give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody ; nor do harsh sounds always displease. — Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp...filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." One of these crickets when confined in a paper cage... | |
 | Louis Le Baut - 1959 - 358 стор.
...advances, and so die away again by degrees. Sounds do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness and melody; nor do harsh sounds always displease....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... | |
 | 1846 - 438 стор.
...companionship. " Sounds," says Gilbert White, " do not always give us pleasure according to their sweetness or melody ; nor do harsh sounds always displease. We...captivated or disgusted with the associations which they produce, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and... | |
 | Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) - 1909 - 570 стор.
...sweetness and melody ; nor do harsh sounds always displease. Thus the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights...filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous and joyous." "Sounds inharmonious in themselves anil harsh. Vet... | |
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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... 
