 ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the 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,...  The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed - 286. oldalszerző: National cyclopaedia - 1884Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 oldal
...recommend him, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well proportioned and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 oldal
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice ; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius. In his native groves, mounted upon the top of a tall bush or half grown tree, in the dawn of a dewy... | |
 | 1899 - 434 oldal
...homeliest, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well-proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really... | |
 | 1899 - 408 oldal
...homeliest, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well-proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really... | |
 | James A. Bowen - 1900 - 210 oldal
...homeliest, would scarcely entitle him to notice, but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...animation "of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1907 - 268 oldal
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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... | |
 | 1860 - 394 oldal
...and layinguplcssons from almost every species of creation within bis hearing, are really surprising. To these qualities we may add that of a voice, full, strong, and musical, and capable of almost every note, from the clear mellow tones of the wood-Mirush, to the... | |
 | Mark Bailey - 1880 - 80 oldal
...him, would scarcely entitle him to notice ; but his figure is well-proportioned, and even HANDSOME. The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...SURPRISING, and mark the peculiarity of his genius." 3. " Three poets, in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in MAJESTY... | |
 | 1837 - 610 oldal
...but Wilson has immortalized the bird with his graphic pen, and, in all humility, we lay down ours. " The ease, elegance, and rapidity of his movements,...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,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 554 oldal
...scarcely entitle him to notice ; but his figure is well proportioned, and even handsome. The easei elegance, and rapidity of his movements, the animation...are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of hia genius. To these qualities we may add that of a voice full, strong, and musical, and capable of... | |
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