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... instrument as is the most suitable to his character , and expresses that style and manner of painting which is ... instruments that are in use among the masters of harmony . Of these , therefore , in their order , and first of the drum ...
... instrument as is the most suitable to his character , and expresses that style and manner of painting which is ... instruments that are in use among the masters of harmony . Of these , therefore , in their order , and first of the drum ...
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... instrument that has in it no compass of 20 music or variety of sound , but is notwithstanding very agreeable , so long as it keeps within its pitch . It has not above four or five notes , which are , however , very pleasing , and ...
... instrument that has in it no compass of 20 music or variety of sound , but is notwithstanding very agreeable , so long as it keeps within its pitch . It has not above four or five notes , which are , however , very pleasing , and ...
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... instruments that play along with it . The bass - viol is an instrument of a quite 10 different nature to the trumpet , and may signify men of rough sense , and unpolished parts , who do not love to hear themselves talk , but sometimes ...
... instruments that play along with it . The bass - viol is an instrument of a quite 10 different nature to the trumpet , and may signify men of rough sense , and unpolished parts , who do not love to hear themselves talk , but sometimes ...
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... instrument , it should be by those modern inventions of the bladder and string , tongs and key , marrow bone and cleaver . My reader will doubtless observe , that I have only touched here upon male instruments , having reserved my ...
... instrument , it should be by those modern inventions of the bladder and string , tongs and key , marrow bone and cleaver . My reader will doubtless observe , that I have only touched here upon male instruments , having reserved my ...
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... instrument . I shall conclude this paper with a letter which I received 20 last night from a friend of mine , who knows very well my notions upon this subject , and invites me to pass the evening at his house , with a select company of ...
... instrument . I shall conclude this paper with a letter which I received 20 last night from a friend of mine , who knows very well my notions upon this subject , and invites me to pass the evening at his house , with a select company of ...
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Page 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Page 67 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Page 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Page 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Page 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Page 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Page 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.