 | 1840 - 520 pages
...high in the air. Sir Humphrey Davy, in his Salmoma, thus pleasingly describes the swallow tribe: — "The swallow is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of seeing as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
 | 1828 - 746 pages
...them their prey.” • Again, how eloquent, and yet how simple, is the burst about the swallow :— “I delight in this living landscape! The swallow is one of my fKvourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale; for he glads my sense of seeing, as much as the other... | |
 | English literature - 1828 - 724 pages
...make them their prey." Again, how eloquent, and yet how simple, is the burst about the swallow : — " I delight in this living landscape ! The swallow is...favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of seeing, as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
 | Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...and he stays with us through the months of sunshine and gladness. " The swallow," says Sir H. Davy, " is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of seeing, as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...heads with a quick vibratory motion. White's Selborne, p. 184. THE Swallow, (says Sir Humphrey Davy,) is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale; for he glads my sense of seeing, as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...he stays with us through the months of sunshine and gladness. " The swallow," says Sir II. Davy, " is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of seeing, as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1833 - 410 pages
...beautiful and vivid reflections on the swallow are from the pen of the late Sir Humphry Davy : — "I delight in this living landscape ! the swallow...favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of the year, the harbinger of the best season ;... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...beautiful and vivid reflections on the swallow are from the pen of the late Sir Humphry Davy : — "I delight in this living landscape ! the swallow...favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of the year, the harbinger of the best season ;... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1835 - 268 pages
...proceed, I will read you a beautiful passage from one of the last works of Sir Humphrey Davy : — " The swallow is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the nightingale ; for he glads my sense of seeing as much as any other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Birds - 1836 - 296 pages
...twitter. The Swallow, like the Robin, is a universal favourite. " The Swallow," says Sir H. Davy, " is one of my favourite birds, and a rival of the Nightingale, for he glads my sense of seeing as much as the other does my sense of hearing. He is the joyous prophet of... | |
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He is the glad prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season : he lives a life of enjoyment amongst the loveliest forms of nature : winter is unknown to him ; and he leaves the green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves... 
