...fond" est of the singing of birds, calls it a merry note; and " though Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven " times, he never mentions their note as plaintive or melan" choly. It is true, he does not call it any where merry, " as Chaucer does ; but by mentioning...

...he. mentions their note a* pbiu" live or melancholy. , Lt^.troe. " he does not call it anj wLare ' merry, as Chaucer does; but by ' mentioning it with...blackbird, and as answering ' it, he seems to imply, tint it was ' a chearful note. Sophocles ¡ч ' against us; but even he says, h' menting liys, . and...

...comparison with the notes of the Nightingale, or the Organ. "Though Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven times, he never mentions their note as...plaintive or melancholy. It is true, he does not call it any where merry, as Chaucer does. — The passage I particularly allude to in Theocritus, is in his...

...times, he never mentions their note aa plaintive or melancholy. It is trae he does not call it any where merry, as Chaucer does ; but by mentioning it with...Blackbird, and as answering it, he seems to imply that it was a cheerful note. Sophocles is against us ; but even he says, lamenting Itys, and the comparison...

...fondest of the singing of birds, calls it a memj note ; and, though Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven times, he never mentions their note as...plaintive or melancholy. It is true he does not call it any where merry, as Chaucer does ; but by mentioning it with the song of the blackbird, and as answering...

...birds, calls it a inerry note -. and though Theocritus mentions nightingales she or seven times, he mentions their note as plaintive or melancholy. It is true, he does not call it any where merry, as Chaucer does; but by mentioning it with tbe song of the blackbird, and as answering...

...fondest of the singing of birds, calls it a merry note ; and though Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven times, he never mentions their note as plaintive or melancholy. It is true, he does not any where call it merry, as Chaucer does, but by mentioning it with the song of the blackbird, and...

...juxtaposition), that the nightingale's note was a merry one, and ' though Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven times, he never mentions their note as plaintive or melancholy.' Because it is heard in the silence of night, generally when we are alone, and amidst the gloom of thick...

...juxtaposition,) that the nightingale's note was a merry one, and " though Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven times, he never mentions their note as plaintive or melancholy." Because it is heard in the silence of the night, generally when we are alone, and amidst the gloom...

...fondest of the singing of birds, — calls it a merry note, and thougi Theocritus mentions nightingales six or seven times, he never mentions their note as...blackbird, and as answering it, he seems to imply that it was a cheerful note. Sophocles is against us ; but even he only says lamenting Itys, and the comparison...