 It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume.  Punch - Sida 83redigerad av - 1800Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1874 - 898 sidor
...moonlight, and thus describes the sounds which he heard : — " They came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1874 - 850 sidor
...in 1848 at Chilka Lake, an inlet of the sea on the east coast of Ceylon, describes it as ' like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger . . . not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself, the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 624 sidor
...already mentioned, I distinctly heard the sounds in question. They cаше up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet fmger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself;... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 702 sidor
...the point mentioned, I distinctly heard the sounds in question. They came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct... | |
 | 1860 - 996 sidor
...indicated, where he distinctly heard a multitude of tiny sounds issuing from the water. " like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger." When he rowed away from the particular place the... | |
 | 1860 - 536 sidor
...Emerson Tennent says, " I distinctly heard the sounds in question. They came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 620 sidor
...the point mentioned, I distinctly heard the sounds in question. They came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wineglass when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1862 - 624 sidor
...the point mentioned, I distinctly heard the sounds in question. They came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct... | |
 | George Kearley - 1862 - 356 sidor
...fish that are gifted with these vocal powers. One of them is described as producing a sound like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wineglass when its rim is rubbed with a wet finger, not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct... | |
 | World - 1868 - 528 sidor
...the point mentioned, he avers that he distinctly heard the sounds rising up from the lake, like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. He says: "It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in... | |
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