| Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1826 - 324 Seiten
...silence, lead thy many-coloured hounds, In all their beauty's pride. See ! how they range, Dispers'd, how busily this way. and that, They cross, examining...curious nose Each likely haunt. Hark ! on the drag I bear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full and swell'd with every mouth. As straggling... | |
| 1842 - 530 Seiten
...Beckford avails himself of Somerville for his description of the draw, and quotes on as follows : " Hark ! on the drag I hear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full, aud swelled with every moutb." He then proceeds on his own account. " How musical their tongues ! And... | |
| 1850 - 510 Seiten
...the whole pack, " scoring to cry," unite in full chorus, elegantly described by Somerville — "Hirk! on the drag I hear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full, and swelled with every month," affords a prologue as the preliminary to a run which cannot fail to create... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1832 - 426 Seiten
...disappointment from the eternal babbling of unsteady hounds ? ' i See ! how they range Dispersed, how bnsily this way and that They cross, examining with curious...full, and swell'd with every mouth.' How musical their tongues ! — Now, as they get nearer to him, how the chorus fills ! Hark ! he is found. — Now, where... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1832 - 432 Seiten
...— _ See ! bow they range Dispersed, how busily this way and that They cross, examining with carious nose Each likely haunt. Hark ! on the drag I hear...full, and swell'd with every mouth.' How musical their tongues !— Now, as they get nearer to him, how the chorus fills ! Hark ! he is found.— Now, whereare... | |
| 1838 - 332 Seiten
...silence lead thy many-colour'd hounds, In all their beauty's pride. See ! how they range Dispersed, how busily this way, and that, They cross, examining...cry More nobly full, and swell'd with every mouth. As straggling armies, at the trumpet's voice, Press to their standard ; hither all repair, And hurry... | |
| James White - 1840 - 368 Seiten
...the direction of the leading hound. He casts about, re-animating the pack. A short pause ensues:— " Hark ! on the drag I hear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full, and swelled with every mouth: As straggling armies, at the trumpet's voice, Press to their standard; hither... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...silence lead thy many-color'd hounds, In all their beauty's pride. See ! how they range Dispers'd, etham & Son, etc. As straggling armies, at the trumpet's voice, Press to their standard ; hither all repair, And hurry... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...prickly furze, With silence load thy many-color'd hounds, In all their beauty's pride. Sec ! how they pare, And arm himself with every watery * When floating...spongy fleeces "drain, Troubling the streams with s As straggling armies, at the trumpet's voice, Press to their standard ; hither all repair, And hurry... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...all their beauty's pride. See ! how they range Dispers'd, how busily this way, and that, They oross, examining with curious nose Each likely haunt. Hark...cry More nobly full, and swell'd with every mouth. As straggling armies, at the trumpet's voice. Press to their standard ; hither all repair, And hurry... | |
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