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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
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Bare Souls

Gamaliel Bradford - 1924 - 376 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...rather, monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets." 2T All the mechanical occupations implied in country life were acceptable....
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The Modern Student's Book of English Literature

Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...hear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette opposite vileinye is it. Eek Plato seith, who-so that can...cosin to the dede. Also I prey yow to foryeve it me, A whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, — at least in this country....
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The Oxford Book of English Prose

Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 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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