 The cuckoo, as long ago remarked by John Heywood (Epigrams, Black Letter, 1587), begins to sing early In the season with the interval of a minor third; the bird then proceeds to a major third, next to a fourth, then a fifth, after which Its voice breaks,...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Halaman 2691829Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1805 - 574 halaman
...communicated by an eminent professor at Norwich. This gentleman has invariably found the Cuckoo to begin early in the season with the interval of a minor third. The bird then proceeds to a major third, next to ? fourth, then a fifth ; after which his voice breaks, without hit ever attaining a minor sixth.' Mr.... | |
 | 1822 - 440 halaman
...hedge, and Monotonous, yet sweet, now here, now there; Herself but rarely seen. sings her idle song ' The cuckoo begins early in the season, with the interval...fourth; then a fifth; after which his voice breaks out without attaining a minor 1 The structure of this bird's tongue is very remarkable; it is of considerable... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 halaman
...some bush now sings her idle sung Monotonous, yet sweet, now here, now there; Herself but rarely seen. The Cuckoo begins early in the season, with the interval...fourth, then a fifth, after which his voice breaks out without attaining a minor sixth. For many particulars relative to this bird, see Phil. Tr. vol.... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 halaman
...bush now sings her idle song Monotonous, yet sweet, now here, now there ; Herself but rarely seen. The Cuckoo begins early in the season, with the interval...fourth, then a fifth, after which his voice breaks out without attaining a minor sixth. An old Norfolk proverb says, In April the Cuckoo shew his bill,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1829 - 558 halaman
...Selborne,' quotes from the ' Transactions of the Linnaean Society' (vol. vii.) the following passage : ' The cuckoo begins early in the season with the interval...epigram of John Heywood, as far back as 1587. ' In Aprill the koo-coo can sing her song by rote, In June, of tune she cannot sing a note ; At first, koo-coo,... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 halaman
...curious memorandum is inserted in the seventh volume of the Transactions of the Linnaean Society. " The cuckoo begins early in the season with the interval...voice breaks without attaining a minor sixth." This curious circumstance was observed long before the above was written, and forms the subject of an epigram... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 422 halaman
...considered as having been stolen from that source; for example, the followSONGS. According to Mr. Mitford, " the cuckoo begins early in the season with the interval...proceeds to a major third, next to a fourth, then to a fifth, after which his voice breaks without attaining' a minor sixth*," a circumstance long ago... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 halaman
...the water wagtail, titlsrk, &c., by whom the egg is hatched. Early in the season, the cuckoo begins at the Duke of Albemarle is as high as ever; and pleases...given the Du'ch their bellie full ; and talks how h out without attaining a minor sixth. An old Norfolk proverb says, n April the cuckoo shows his 1 ill,... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 410 halaman
...considered as having been stolen from that source; for example, the followSONGS. According to Mr. Mitford, " the cuckoo begins early in the season with the interval...proceeds to a major third, next to a fourth, then to a fifth, after which his voice breaks without attaining' a minor sixth*," a circumstance long ago.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 halaman
...the following curious memoranda from the seventh volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society. " The cuckoo begins early in the season with the interval...third, the bird then proceeds to a major third, next to afuiirtk, then a. fifth, after which the voice breaks without attaining a minor sixth." This curious... | |
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