 ... animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we...  New York Visitor and Lady's Album - Página 1131842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1875 - 558 páginas
...from the clear mellow notes of the wood-thrush, to the savage scream of the bald-headed eagle. In the measure and accent, he faithfully follows his originals....sweetness of expression, he greatly improves upon them. In hie native groves, mounted on the top of a tall bush or half-grown tree, in the dawn of a dewy morning,... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 páginas
...and laying up lessons, marks the peculiarity of his genius. His voice is full, strong and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear, mellow tones of the wood thrush to the savage scream of the bald eagle. 4. In measure and accents he faithfully follows... | |
 | C W. Gedney - 1877 - 252 páginas
...clear precision, that each bird is fully expressed to my mind in its own individuality." Wilson says : "In measure and accent he faithfully follows his originals...force and sweetness of expression he greatly improves m ff *- ^a*ix_ Trfxte t*^ ^ VEUB a^mewau^ s«^r--^5> fe£^~ eoriaB^f «* *°^2 .- 5 off ''^If^tot^... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 344 páginas
...peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice, full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear mellow tones of the wood thrush to the savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accent he faithfully follows his... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 692 páginas
...the peculia/ity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice, full, strong, musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear...savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accent JIB faithfully follows his originals ; in force and sweetness of expression he greatly improves upon... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 páginas
...peculiarity of his genius. 2. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear mellow tones of the wood-thrush to the savage screams of the bald eagle. In measure and accent he faithfully follows his originals; in force and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1884 - 456 páginas
...Bird ( Turdus polyglottiu, Linn.), the American nightingale. He has a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear mellow tones of the Wood Thrush, to th« Ravage scream of the Bald Eagle. In measure and accent he faithfully follows his... | |
 | 1883 - 456 páginas
...peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear,...sweetness of expression he greatly improves upon them. 5. In his native groves, mounted on the top of a tall bush or half-grown tree, in the dawn of a dewy... | |
 | Edward Augustus Samuels - 1883 - 666 páginas
...peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear, mellow tones of the Wood Thrush, to the savage scream of the Bald Eagle. In measure and accent, he faithfully follows his... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 650 páginas
...the peculiarity of his genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear...he faithfully follows his originals; in force and Mocking Bird ( ilimut polyglottus). sweetness of expression he greatly improves upon them. Neither... | |
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