| Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 420 pages
...Italy — It looks for all the world like a man, though they fay it is not. The voice, to be'fure, is neither man's nor woman's ; but it is more melodious than either ; and it warbled fo divinely, that, while I liftened, I really thought myfelf in paradife. AT nine o'clock, in a charming... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1793 - 268 pages
...that, while I liftened, I .really thought myfelf in paradife. . : • '. VI.HI,. -» , ,...-,, -•. At nine o'clock, in a charming moon-light evening,...we embarked at Ranelagh for Vauxhall, in a wherry,, fo light and (lender, that we looked Hke fo many fairies failing in a nut-fhell. My uncle, being apprehenfive... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 560 pages
...Italy — It looks for all the world like a man, though they fay it is not. The voice, to be fure, is neither man's nor woman's ; but it is more melodious than either ; and it warbled fo divinely, that, while I liftened, I really thought myfelf in paradife. At nine o'clock, in a charming... | |
| H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...man, though they say it is not The voice, to be дпге, i« neither man's nor woman's; but it it more melodious than either; and it warbled so divinely,...that, while I listened, I really thought myself in paradiie. . > At nine o'clock, in a charming moonlight evening, we embarked at Ranclagh for Vauxhall,... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 374 pages
...the famous Tenducci, a thing from Italy,—it looks for all the world like a man, though they say it is not. The voice, to be sure, is neither man's nor...than either; and it warbled so divinely, that, while .1 listened, I really thought myself in paradise. f At nine o'clock, in a charming moonlight evening,... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1857 - 338 pages
...the famous Tenducci, a thing from Italy : it looks for all the world like a man, though they say it is not. The voice, to be sure, is neither man's nor...than either, and it warbled so divinely, that, while 1 listened, I really thought myself in paradise. At nine o'clock in a charming moon-light evening,... | |
| Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1857 - 552 pages
...the famous Tenducci, a thing from Italy: it looks for all the world like a man, though they say it is not. The voice to be sure is neither man's nor woman's, but it is more melodious that either, and it warbled so divinely that while I listened, I really thought myself in paradise.... | |
| Alfred Beaver - Chelsea (London, England) - 1892 - 448 pages
...world like a man, but they say it is not. The voice, to he sure, is neither man's nor woman's, but is more melodious than either ; and it warbled so...I listened, I really thought myself in Paradise.' Here is an advertisement of one of his benefit concerts at Ranelagh, June, 1764: MR. TENDUCCI'S NIGHT.... | |
| Warwick William Wroth, Arthur Edgar Wroth - Gardens - 1896 - 602 pages
...1762-1764 the principal singer was the Italian Tenducci,1 whose voice, according to Miss Lydia Melford, was "neither man's nor woman's; but it is more melodious...while I listened I really thought myself in Paradise." On 29 June, 1764, Mozart, then eight years old, performed on the harpsichord and organ several of his... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1906 - 572 pages
...the famous Tenducei, a thing from Italy : it looks for all the world like a man, though they say it is not. The voice to be sure is neither man's nor woman's, but it is more melodious that either, and it warbled so divinely that while I listened, I really thought myself in paradise.... | |
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