 ... below the sofa, to the number of twenty, and put me in mind of the pictures of the ancient nymphs. I did not think all nature could have furnished such a scene of beauty. She made them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately began to play...  Travels in Mesopotamia - Page 91by James Silk Buckingham - 1827Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 726 pages
...Four of them immediately began to play fome foft airs, on inftruments, between a lute and a guittar, which they accompanied with their voices, while the others danced by turns. When the dance was over, four fair (laves came into the room, with filver cenfers in their hands, and... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1763 - 630 pages
...dance. Four of them immediately began to play ionic foft airs, on inftruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had feen before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raife certain ideas. The tunes fo foft... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1763 - 604 pages
...and dance. Four of them immediately began to play fome foft airs, on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had fc-en before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raife certain ideas. The tunes fo foft!—... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1764 - 582 pages
...dance. Four of them immediately .begun, to play Tome foft airs orr inftruments, between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had fcen before. Nothing could be more artful, or mo; c proper to raife certain ideas. The tunes fo foft!... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1779 - 260 pages
...and dance. Four of them immediately begun to play fome foft airs on inftruments, between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had feen before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raife certain ideas. The tunes fo foft... | |
 | Mary Wortley Montagu - 1779 - 328 pages
...and dance. Four of them immediately begun to play ibme foft airs on inftruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices, while the others danced by turn1;. This dance was very different from what I had feen before. Nothing could be more artful, or... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1784 - 240 pages
...and dance. Four of them immediately begun to play fome foft airs on inftruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had feen before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raife certain ideas. The tunes fo foft... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1794 - 300 pages
...dance. Four of them immediately begun to play fome foft airs oii inftruments, between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had feen before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raife certain ideas. The tunes fo •... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - English letters - 1796 - 468 pages
...and dance. Four of them immediately begun to play some soft airs on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices ,...had seen before . Nothing could be more artful, or wore proper to raise certain ideas. The tunes so soft ! The motions so languishing ! — Accompamed... | |
 | History - 1796 - 554 pages
...dance. Four of •them immediately begun io play lome foil airs on inftrumenls, between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...while the others danced by .turns. This dance • -was ш very different from what Iliad leen before. Nothing could be more artful, or 'more proper to raife... | |
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