 | Peter Beckford - 1805 - 476 sidor
...would be indisposed, and not sing at all. In short, she was caprice itself. — The Old adage — " The bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing," was of no avail with )ber. Though sejit to prison, she still resisted ; 382 and flatly told those who... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1836 - 814 sidor
...come to certain cruel aggravations of the bondage and labour of the negro. We have often heard the saying, "A bird that can sing, and won't sing, must be made to sing." When applied to the lawful and salutary exercise of authority over an indolent and perverse child,... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1839 - 674 sidor
...come to certain cruel aggravations of the bondage and labour of the negro. We have often heard the saying, " A bird that can sing, and won't sing, must be made to sing." When applied to the lawful and salutary exercise of authority over an indolent and perverse child,... | |
 | 1840 - 320 sidor
...the most cruelest of starvation below there, in that horrid cellar; wherefore, fader, d'ye see, the bird that can sing, and won't sing, must be made to sing ; and for that very A STORY OF THE ORLEANS REGENCY, In the early part of the reign of Louis XV., when... | |
 | 1849 - 564 sidor
...grandest triumphs, is an act for which she alone is accountable. An old saying tells us, that " a little bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing ; " but we would not, if we could, resort to coercion in the case of the gentle Nightingale; but, in... | |
 | Charles Frederick Briggs - 1843 - 394 sidor
...will sooner forego the whole profit of the speculation than ask him again," said John. "Never mind ; a bird that can sing, and won't sing, must be made to sing," said the financier, " leave him to me. I have got his name, and all that I require of you is to complete... | |
 | 1844 - 490 sidor
...learn these lessons of your own accord ; if not, it is likely that want will be your teacher. ' The bird that can sing, and won't sing, must be made to sing.' " To those who pleased themselves with talking about what they intended to do in circumstances which... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 198 sidor
...you didn't know him, he was in earnest—wouldn't you now ?" The Blind Girl smiled, and nodded. " The bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing, they say,'' grumbled Tackleton. '' What about the owl that can't sing, and oughtn't to sing, and will... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 352 sidor
...you didn't know him, he was in earnest — wouldn't you now?" The Blind Girl smiled and nodded. "The bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing, they say," grumbled Tackleton. "What about the owl that can't sing, and oughtn't to sing, and will... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 348 sidor
...you didn't know him, he was in earnest — wouldn't you now?" The Blind Girl smiled and nodded. "The bird that can sing and won't sing, must be made to sing, they say," grumbled Tackleton. "What about the owl that can't sing, and oughtn't to sing, and will... | |
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