Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45W. Blackwood, 1839 |
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... expression . We shall not deny that the qualities which are akin to musical taste may sometimes nationally , as well ... expressions may be sufficient to give a definite object and distinct character to a melody , and may , in com ...
... expression . We shall not deny that the qualities which are akin to musical taste may sometimes nationally , as well ... expressions may be sufficient to give a definite object and distinct character to a melody , and may , in com ...
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... expression which be- longs to it , it has long attracted no- tice , and produced delight . We have it coupled in D'Urfey with the vilest words that ever caricatured the Scot- tish dialect or manners ; although the chorus there ...
... expression which be- longs to it , it has long attracted no- tice , and produced delight . We have it coupled in D'Urfey with the vilest words that ever caricatured the Scot- tish dialect or manners ; although the chorus there ...
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... expression or beauty to the composition must come from the individual composer . " The Scottish music has measure , rhythm , accent , besides a very peculiar manner or style of performance . The Canto Fermo had none of these . " It ...
... expression or beauty to the composition must come from the individual composer . " The Scottish music has measure , rhythm , accent , besides a very peculiar manner or style of performance . The Canto Fermo had none of these . " It ...
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... expressing the ideas , and almost using the very words of Mr Dun , in his analysis , where these views are strongly enforced , upon bet- ter authority than ours . We hope that the whole discussions which we have been noticing , will ...
... expressing the ideas , and almost using the very words of Mr Dun , in his analysis , where these views are strongly enforced , upon bet- ter authority than ours . We hope that the whole discussions which we have been noticing , will ...
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... expression of much respect for the recluse . He stated who he was , and Collins begged he would sit down by him on the bench under the old elm , from which there was an extensive view down the valley to the sea , now glistening under ...
... expression of much respect for the recluse . He stated who he was , and Collins begged he would sit down by him on the bench under the old elm , from which there was an extensive view down the valley to the sea , now glistening under ...
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Page 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.