The Beautiful in Nature, Art, and Life, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - Aesthetics |
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... grace , and all marked with that imperfection which naturally belongs to the ecclesi- astical modes or keys of the day , and yet an imperfection which gave them a kind of solemn beauty , as if they were too holy to stoop to please ...
... grace , and all marked with that imperfection which naturally belongs to the ecclesi- astical modes or keys of the day , and yet an imperfection which gave them a kind of solemn beauty , as if they were too holy to stoop to please ...
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... grace and truth in expression , with pure taste , and the noblest simplicity in modulation . " Luca Marenzis , of the same period , also brought the madrigal to a degree of perfection which has scarcely been excelled . The sacred music ...
... grace and truth in expression , with pure taste , and the noblest simplicity in modulation . " Luca Marenzis , of the same period , also brought the madrigal to a degree of perfection which has scarcely been excelled . The sacred music ...
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... grace , and refinement of modern music less happily applied can do ; and this pleasure is communicated to us , not by the symmetry or rhythm of modern melody , but by his having tuned to the true accents of our mother tongue those notes ...
... grace , and refinement of modern music less happily applied can do ; and this pleasure is communicated to us , not by the symmetry or rhythm of modern melody , but by his having tuned to the true accents of our mother tongue those notes ...
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... grace , and originality . The accompani- ments which he wrote for Thompson's Collection of Scotch Airs , are models of what accompaniments should be . His greatest instrumental works are his symphonies ; and in vocal composition , " The ...
... grace , and originality . The accompani- ments which he wrote for Thompson's Collection of Scotch Airs , are models of what accompaniments should be . His greatest instrumental works are his symphonies ; and in vocal composition , " The ...
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... grace ; varied in style , it is full of melody , and its harmony is perfect . In the " Zauber- flöte , " " Sweet as stops Of planetary music heard in trance , " Mozart , revelling in the romantic wildness of the subject , has presented ...
... grace ; varied in style , it is full of melody , and its harmony is perfect . In the " Zauber- flöte , " " Sweet as stops Of planetary music heard in trance , " Mozart , revelling in the romantic wildness of the subject , has presented ...
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Page 218 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,— often the surfeit of our own behaviour,— we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity ; fools by' heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence...
Page 237 - Lord ? and there is no God else beside me; A just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: For I am God, and there is none else.
Page 240 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 240 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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Page 238 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 222 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Page 215 - From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dress'd in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him.
Page 167 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
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