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... style of performing on that sub- lime instrument was then very different from what it is at present . Organ players then endeavoured to excel in skilful combinations of harmony , in artful contexture of parts , and learned modulation ...
... style of performing on that sub- lime instrument was then very different from what it is at present . Organ players then endeavoured to excel in skilful combinations of harmony , in artful contexture of parts , and learned modulation ...
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... style of writing the best musicians had principally confined themselves , abounded with learned and eccentric modulation , and sublime combinations of sound the elegancies of melody were but little known or practised . Lawes , who I ...
... style of writing the best musicians had principally confined themselves , abounded with learned and eccentric modulation , and sublime combinations of sound the elegancies of melody were but little known or practised . Lawes , who I ...
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... style the one Quinte Curce , and the other Tite Live . He has therefore ( presuming that the Tuscan novelist was probably not unacquainted with the . right mode ) ventured to spell it as he did himself , Boccaccio . ” — Advert . to the ...
... style the one Quinte Curce , and the other Tite Live . He has therefore ( presuming that the Tuscan novelist was probably not unacquainted with the . right mode ) ventured to spell it as he did himself , Boccaccio . ” — Advert . to the ...
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... style he had never been known to paint . " It being now decided that he must make an attempt to execute this great undertaking , he commenced the cartoons , and the architect of St. Peter's had orders to construct a scaffolding for the ...
... style he had never been known to paint . " It being now decided that he must make an attempt to execute this great undertaking , he commenced the cartoons , and the architect of St. Peter's had orders to construct a scaffolding for the ...
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... style in the course of it , we must content ourselves with recommending the remainder to the perusal of all persons who possess taste , or need instruction and amusement . In his prose , Mr. Duppa is clear and unaffect ed , but in the ...
... style in the course of it , we must content ourselves with recommending the remainder to the perusal of all persons who possess taste , or need instruction and amusement . In his prose , Mr. Duppa is clear and unaffect ed , but in the ...
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Página 329 - WHAT I shall leave thee, none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well : I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health; Nor too much wealth nor wit come to thee, So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct and know ; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces, Thy father's fortunes and hi
Página 121 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy. Take care of poor Lady Hamilton — Kiss me, Hardy', said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek: and Nelson said, 'Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty'.
Página 87 - Whiles his young master lieth o'er his head. Second, that he do, on no default, Ever presume to sit above the salt. Third that he never change his trencher twice. Fourth, that he use all common courtesies, Sit bare at meals, and one half rise and wait. Last, that he never his...
Página 77 - WHEREAS the German Government has issued certain orders which, in violation of the usages of war, purport to declare the waters surrounding the United Kingdom a military area, in which all British and allied merchant vessels will be destroyed, irrespective of the safety of the lives of passengers and crew, and in which neutral shipping will be exposed to similar danger in view of the uncertainties of naval...
Página 78 - ... due regard to the just defence of the rights and interests of his people, not to suffer such measures to be taken by the enemy, without taking some steps on his part to restrain this violence, and to retort upon them the evils of their own injustice...
Página 28 - Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters...
Página 120 - A very considerable portion of the gold lace, pad, and lining of the epaulette, with a piece of the coat, was found attached to the ball: the lace of the epaulette was as firmly so, as if it had been inserted into the metal while in a state of fusion.
Página 29 - The interim of unsweating themselves regularly, and convenient rest before meat, may both with profit and delight be taken up in recreating and composing their travailed spirits with the solemn and divine harmonies of music heard or learned, either whilst the skilful organist plies his grave and fancied descant in lofty fugues, or the whole symphony with artful and unimaginable touches adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer...
Página 318 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Página 29 - ... waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties ; which, if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.