 I had ever heard : they put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.  The Spectator ... - Page 3671803Full view - About this book
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 370 pages
...of Bagdad. He had a little musical instrument in hit hand. As Mirza looked towards him, the genius applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. " The sound of it," says Mirza, " teas exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...of Bagdad. He had a little musical instrument in his hand. As Mirza looked towards him, the genius applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. " The sound of it," says Mirza, "teas exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 pages
...of Bagdad. He had a little musical instrument in his hand. As Mirza looked towards him, the genius applied -it to his lips, and began to play upon it. " The sound of it" says Mirza, "was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 396 pages
...where we are introduced to the celestial visitant who plays on a musical instrument the sound of which was " exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious." And how truly poetical is the unexpected close, in which the dream of Mirza is suddenly yet softly broken,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pages
...was not far from me, whore I discovered one, in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to \\\\ lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceedingly sweet, and wrought into a variety... | |
 | Franz C F. Demmler - 1842 - 92 pages
...not far from me, where 1 discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it to...lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceedingly sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 pages
...not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit, of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lip?, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it to...lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceedingly sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 pages
...restinguere rivo.'' Or like the Shepherd's pipe in the Oriental Vision, " The sound was exceedingly sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were...mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departing souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it....inexpressibly melodious, and altogether different from anything I had ever heard : they put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed... | |
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