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" All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 273
1804
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The Works of William Cowper, Esq: Comprising His Poems ..., Volume 5

William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, — at least in this country....
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Letters

William Cowper - 1836 - 390 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, — at least in this country....
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this country....
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The Youth's Book of Nature, Or The Four Seasons Illustrated: Being Familiar ...

Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignionette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear, as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this country....
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Parley's Magazine, Volume 9

1841 - 404 pages
...hardly hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighborhood resort to a bed of mignonette opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which, tho' rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear, as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this country....
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite 10 ihe window, and pay me for ihe honey they get out of it, by a hum, which, though...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear, as the whistling of my linnets. AH ihe sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in (his country....
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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive ..., Volumes 3-4; Volumes 9-10

1856 - 1270 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in the country....
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The kaleidoscope of anecdotes and aphorisms, collected by C. Sinclair

Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignionette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this country. I...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighborhood resort to a bed of mignonette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out...which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my car as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this...
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