 | William Youatt - Animal rights - 1839 - 238 pages
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...beautiful ; nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Firdausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit : —... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...occasion the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...enjoyments, because it has the misfortune to be rare and beautiful. Nor shall I ever forget the couplet of the Persian poet Ferdausi, ' Ah, spare yon emmet,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Christian life - 1847 - 500 pages
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...beautiful : nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Fordausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours hlessings on his departed spirit : Ah !... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1848 - 432 pages
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...beautiful: nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Fordausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit : Ah !... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...enjoyments, because it has the misfortune to be rare and beautiful. — Sir W, Jones. MCCLVIIL I hate ingratitude more in a man, Than lying, vainness, babbling,... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated...enjoyments, because it has the misfortune to be rare and beautiful. — Sir W. Janet. MCCLVIIL I hate mgratitude more in a man, Than lying, vainness, babbling,... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 pages
...conceive with what feelings a naturalist can occasion the misery of an innocent bird, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated,...forget the couplet of Ferdausi, for which Sadi, who quotes it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit: — ' Ah ! spare yon emmet, rich in... | |
 | Henry Morris - Biography - 1908 - 266 pages
...misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately delineated,...beautiful : nor shall I ever forget the couplet of Firdusi : ' Ah I spare yon emmet, rich in hoarded grain ; He lives with pleasure, and he dies with... | |
 | Timothy Morton - Cooking - 2000 - 304 pages
...because it has the misfortune to be rare or beautyful; nor shall i ever forget the couplet of Firdausi, for which Sadi, who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit: "Ah! spare you emmet, rich in hoarded grain; He lives with pleasure, and he dyes with pain."* "Man is that link... | |
 | Howard Williams - Cooking - 2003 - 436 pages
...of "Naturalists" in the infliction of pain) writes : "I shall never forget the couplet of Ferdusif for which Sadi,^ who cites it with applause, pours blessings on his departed spirit : — "Ah t spare yon emmet, rich in hoarded grain : He lives with pleasure and he dies with pain." To which... | |
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... delight ; but I never could learn by what right, nor conceive with what feelings a naturalist can occasion the misery of an innocent bird, and leave its young, perhaps, to perish in a cold nest, because it has gay plumage, and has never been accurately... 
