 ... 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 of the field-cricket,...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2531902Full view - About this book
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1818 - 552 pages
...displease. Thus the shrillingof the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every a De Geer, iii. 517. See also White, Nat. Hist, ii.76;— and Rai. Hist. l*s. 63. b Moufl'et,... | |
 | Edward Dodwell - Greece - 1819 - 630 pages
...themselves. Thus, the shrilling of the field cricket^ though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyful." At the village of Ampelo Kepous we noticed a fountain,... | |
 | Edward Dodwell - Greece - 1819 - 620 pages
...themselves. Thus, the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyful." At the village of Ampelo Kepous we noticed a fountain,... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 402 pages
...themselves. Thus the shrilling of the Field Cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. " About the tenth of March, the Crickets appear at... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. About the 10th of March, the crickets appear at the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. About the 10th of March, the crickets appear at the... | |
 | England - 1833 - 1032 pages
...displease. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." Wedonotknow whether the Greek insect has naturally... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. About the 10th of March, the crickets appear at the... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - Insects - 1835 - 332 pages
...themselves. Thus, the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas, of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous." They afford some persons much amusement when placed... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 680 pages
...themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of every thing that is rural, verdurous, and joyous. About the 10th of March the crickets appear at the... | |
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