 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 530
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me without one exception. I should not, indeed, think of keeping a goose in. a cage, that I might hang her up in the parlour for the sake of her melody; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls1 please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think - of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might3 hang him up in the parlour for the sake of4 his melody ; but a goose upon a common,5 or in a... | |
 | Harvard University - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...Translate into French : — (a) The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. 1 should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlor for the sake of his melody ; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer... | |
 | Great Britain. Civil Service Commission - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a...to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in... | |
 | 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls «. i please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a...that I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake I ^ of his melody, bnt a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad . performer: and as to insects,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls ' L please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a...that I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake "l *- of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer: and as to insects,... | |
 | French examination papers - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a...to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest; on the contrary, in whatever... | |
 | William Cowper - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not, indeed, think of keeping a goose in...insects, if the black beetle, and beetles, indeed, of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlor for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common,...to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed of all hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection to any of the rest ; on the contrary, in... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlor for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer... | |
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I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please... 
