 | 1855 - 424 trang
...leculiaiity 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 screams of the laid eagle. In measure and accent, he faithfully follows his riginals. In force and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 trang
...voice of the mocking-bird," says the great American ornithologist, " is full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear...the savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accents he faithfully follows his originals, while in force und sweetness of expression he greatly... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 trang
...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 »avage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accent he faithfully follows bis originals; in force... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 trang
...voice of the mocking-bird," says the great American ornithologist, " is full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear...to the savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure aud accents he faithfully follows his originals, while in force and sweetness of expression he greatly... | |
 | Denis Florence MacCarthy - 1858 - 482 trang
...earth-notes of the dove. The Mocking Bird (Turdux polyglothis). — "His voice is full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear,...tones of the wood-thrush to the savage scream of the eagle." — Ibid., vol. ip 1 68. " So perfect are his imitations, that he many times deceives the sportsman,... | |
 | William Baird - 1858 - 642 trang
...and is remarkable for its vocal powers and faculty of imitation. Its voice is full, strong, musical, and capable of almost every modulation, from the clear mellow tones of the wood thrush to the savage scream of the bald eagle. Those who have heard this bird in his native woods,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 trang
...the hald eagle. In measure and i'Vtnt, he faithfully follows his originals. In force, and sweetn*sa of expression, he greatly improves upon them. In his native groves, mounted upon the top of a tall bush, or halfc1own tree, in the dawn of dewy morning, while the woods are already... | |
 | 1859 - 852 trang
...peculiarity of his geniua. 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 f Hows his originals. In force and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 trang
...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 screams of the bald eagle. In measure and accent, he faithfully follows his originals; in force and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 774 trang
...savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accents he faithfully follows his originals, while in force and sweetness of expression he greatly improves upon them. In his native woods, on a dewy morning, his song rises above every competitor, for the others seem merely as inferior... | |
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... 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... 
