 The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.  Elements of Criticism - Page 373by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...fweettr than by day. Ner. Silence bellows the virtue on it, Madam. ',, For. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if fhe fhould ling by day, 5 T'ie man that bath no mufick well then as now, was leve tf Ac»' is not mo-v... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1769 - 374 pages
...fweeter than by day. Ner. Silence beftows the virtue on it, Madam, Por. The crow doth fiog as fweetly as the lark«= When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if fhe mould fing by day, • When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...more -agreeable than when feen in a group with the furrounding objects : The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark When neither is attended ; and, I think, * The nightingale, if fhe fhould fing by day, When ev'ry gooi'e is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 456 pages
...fweetcr than by day. Ner. Silence beftows the virtue on it, madam. Por. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if fhe mould fing by day, When every gooie is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - Didactic drama, English - 1775 - 626 pages
...than by day. tJert/Ja. Silence beftows the virtue on it, Madam. Portia. The crow doth ling as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if (he fhould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1116 pages
...than by day. Л'г'. Silence bellows that virtue on it, madam. I'm-. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if me Ihould fmg by day, \Vlien ei ery goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 402 pages
...sounds much sweeter than by day. AYr. Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The crow dotli sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, \ 10 The nightingale^ if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1787 - 700 pages
...fweeter than by day. Ner. Silence beftows that virtue on it, madam. For. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if (he fhould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1787 - 694 pages
...fweeter than by day. Ner. Silence beftows that virtue on it, madam. Par. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if fhe mould fing by day, When every goofe is cackling, would be thought No better a mufician than the... | |
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