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" And, though it is most certain that two lutes, being both strung and tuned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other that is not touched being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will — like an echo to a trumpet — warble a faint audible... "
The Lives of John Donne: Sir Henry Wolton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George ... - Page 37
by Izaak Walton - 1805
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Words and Days: A Table-book of Prose and Verse

Calendars - 1895 - 416 pages
...then one being played upon, the other that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune ; yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls...
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The Compleat Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1896 - 386 pages
...and then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will (like an echo to a trumpet) warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune ; yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls,...
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John Donne: Sometime Dean of St. Paul's A.D. 1621-1631

Augustus Jessopp - 1897 - 268 pages
...and then one played upon, the other that is not touched being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune, yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls ;...
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Tennyson's The Princess

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1897 - 248 pages
...then one being played upon, the other that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint, audible harmony in answer to the same tune.' But I cannot say that I understand the line, though the illustration is clear...
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John Donne, Sometime Dean of St. Paul's: A.D. 1621-1631

Augustus Jessopp - Deans, Cathedral and collegiate - 1897 - 302 pages
...and then one played upon, the other that is not touched being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune, yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls ;...
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The Life and Letters of John Donne: Dean of St. Paul's, Volume 1

Edmund Gosse - 1899 - 364 pages
...and then one played upon, the other that is not touched being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune, yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls ;...
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The Complete Angler [and] the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1901 - 524 pages
...and then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will — like an echo to a trumpet — warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune ; yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls...
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In Memoriam, The Princess, and Maud

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1902 - 358 pages
...then one being played upon, the other that is not touched being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune." This is frequently referred to in our old writers. Long before Walton, Lyly...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe: The history of the life and surprising adventures ...

Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 368 pages
...then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon the table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony, in answer to the same tune, yet many will not believe that there is any such thing as a sympathy with...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe: The history of the life and surprising adventures ...

Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 368 pages
...then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon the table at a fit distance, will, like an echo to a trumpet, warble a faint audible harmony, in answer to the same tune, yet many will not believe that there is any such thing as a sympathy with...
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