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... The Natural History of Selborne - Página 279por Gilbert White - 1842 - 335 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Louis Le Baut - 1959 - 358 páginas
...associations which they 35 promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous... 40 The house-cricket resides altogether within our dwellings, intruding itself upon our notice whether... | |
| 1846 - 438 páginas
...associations which they produce, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights...everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." And thus, we may add, does the song of the hearth-cricket, through the mere effect of association,... | |
| 1822 - 512 páginas
...associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves. 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. — The same. BOERHAAVE. BOERHAAVE, one of the most... | |
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