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" 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. "
Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ... - Page 134
by Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 255 pages
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...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,...musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise, and true perfection ! — Peace, hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 14

1826 - 382 pages
...indifference of the depraved courtiers and pensioned authors of Charles II. " The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...would be thought No better a musician than the wren."* We abstain from noticing the numerous eulogies and literary notices of the Epic poems in the half century...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 17

1826 - 370 pages
...this preference may be, that it sings in the night; hence Shakespeare says, " The nightingale if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...would be thought No better a musician than the wren." But independently of this adventitious recommendation, the nightingale may, on other grounds, boldly...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 14

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 pages
...indifference of the depraved courtiers and pensioned authors of Charles II. " The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling,...would be thought No better a musician than the wren."* We abstain from noticing the numerous eulogies and literary notices of the Epic poems in the half century...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...lark. When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When erery !— ~ ce, hoa ! the moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd ! [Mu*ick се,шл. Lor. That...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...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,...musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise, and true perfection ! — Peace, hoa! the moon sleeps with Endymion,...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise, and true perfection! —...moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd! MOONLIGHT NIGHT. This night, methinks, is but the daylight sick, It looks a little paler; 'tis a day,...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sine by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought...their right praise, and true perfection ! — Peace, boa! the moon sleeps with End y mi on, And would not be awak'd ! [Musick ceases. Lor. That is the voice,...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...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,...season'd are To their right praise and true perfection! SJialcspeare. DCCCXLIV, As a looking-glass, if it is a true one, faithfully represents the face of...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...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,...season'd are To their right praise and true perfection ! Shakspcare. DCCCXUV. As a looking-glass, if it is a true one, faithfully represents the face of him...
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