 | 1826 - 506 pages
...In the Temple of the Sun," said he, " I want the virgins of the sun, and their high priest, to chant a solemn invocation to their deity." I sang two or...rumbling noise with his voice (for he had not the smallest idea of turning a tune), resembling a deep gruff bow, wow, wow ; but though there was not... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 490 pages
...In the Temple of the Sun," said he, " I want the virgins of the sun, and their high priest, to chant a solemn invocation to their deity." I sang two or...marked them down. He then made a sort of rumbling noise wjth his voice (for he had not the smallest idea of • turning a tune), resembling a deep gruff bow,... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1826 - 362 pages
...In the Temple of the Sun," said he, " I want the virgins of the Sun, and their high priest, to chant a solemn invocation to their deity." — I sang two or three bars of music ta him, which I thought corresponded with what he wished, and marked them down. He then made a sort... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1848 - 418 pages
...of the sun, with a solemn hymn." Kelly sung a bar or two suitable for the occasion. " He (Sheridan) then made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice...turning a tune), resembling a deep, gruff bow, wow, wow ; but though there was not the slightest resemblance of an air in the noise he made, yet so clear... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 584 pages
...of the sun, with a solemn hymn." Kelly sung a bar or two suitable for the occasion. " He (Sheridan) then made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice...turning a tune), resembling a deep, gruff bow, wow, wow ; but though there was not the slightest resemblance of an air in the noise he made, yet so clear... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 402 pages
...of the sun, with a solemn hymn." Kelly sung a bar or two suitable for the occasion. " He (Sheridan) then made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice...turning a tune), resembling a deep, gruff bow, wow, wow ; but though there wasnot the slightest resemblance of an air in the noise he made, yet so clear... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...of the sun, with a solemn hymn." Kelly sung a bar or two suitable for the occasion. u He (Sheridan) then made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice (for he had not the slightest idea of turning a tone), resembling a deep, gruff bow, wow, wow ; bat though there was not the slightest resemblance... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 446 pages
...of the sun, with a solemn hymn." Kelly sung a bar or two suitable for the occasion. " He (Sheridanl then made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice...turning a tune), resembling a deep, gruff, bow, wow, wow; but though there was not the slightest resemblance of an air in the noise he made, yet so clear... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 356 pages
...the King." Sheridan's attempts in the like direction are described by Michael Kelly as canine : " He made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice (for...slightest idea of turning a tune), resembling a deep bow, wow, wow. . . . There was not the slightest resemblance of an air in the noise he made." Sir Joseph... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Music - 1872 - 348 pages
...the King." Sheridan's attempts in the like direction are described by Michael Kelly as canine: "He made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice (for...slightest idea of turning a tune), resembling a deep bow, wow, wow. . . . There was not the slightest resemblance of an air in the noise he made." Sir Joseph... | |
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I sang two or three bars of music to him, which I thought corresponded with what he wished, and marked them down. He then made a sort of rumbling noise with his voice (for he had not the slightest idea of turning a tune), resembling a deep gruff bow,... 
