The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 - Periodicals |
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... genius , nor they who hear it with judg- ment and discrimination , should ever discard from their attention . There is no occasion for the supporter of this opi- nion , to deny that , by union with words , the moral , or to speak more ...
... genius , nor they who hear it with judg- ment and discrimination , should ever discard from their attention . There is no occasion for the supporter of this opi- nion , to deny that , by union with words , the moral , or to speak more ...
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... genius , in his glo- rious composition , called MESSIAH , in which the words are those of real , and the Music of apparent inspiration : and both together are worthy , if we may say so without presumption , to be sung by angels and ...
... genius , in his glo- rious composition , called MESSIAH , in which the words are those of real , and the Music of apparent inspiration : and both together are worthy , if we may say so without presumption , to be sung by angels and ...
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... genius , united with sincere devo- tion , to give it expression in Music ; and happily this rare union was found com- plete in Handel . With all the fire and sublimity of Milton , to conceive the imagery attached to sacred words , he ...
... genius , united with sincere devo- tion , to give it expression in Music ; and happily this rare union was found com- plete in Handel . With all the fire and sublimity of Milton , to conceive the imagery attached to sacred words , he ...
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... genius . The next air is expressive chiefly of alarm , and agitation , at the idea of our inability to " abide the day of his coming . " The very simple recitative , " Behold a virgin shall conceive , " is only the more noble for its ...
... genius . The next air is expressive chiefly of alarm , and agitation , at the idea of our inability to " abide the day of his coming . " The very simple recitative , " Behold a virgin shall conceive , " is only the more noble for its ...
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... as could hardly have been thought practicable , till the genius of this great composer undertook it ; the sublime solemnity that is intermixed with the liveliness of the responses , leaves nothing for On the Moral Effects of Music . 19.
... as could hardly have been thought practicable , till the genius of this great composer undertook it ; the sublime solemnity that is intermixed with the liveliness of the responses , leaves nothing for On the Moral Effects of Music . 19.
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Page 83 - PAPPE with an hatchet, alias, a figge for my God Sonne, or Cracke me this nut, or a Countrie cuffe, that is, a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace, seeing the patch will take no warning.
Page 205 - The last, the meanest of your sons inspire (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes) To teach vain Wits a science little known, T" admire superior sense, and doubt their own!
Page 140 - A disclosing of the great bull, and certain calves that he hath gotten, and specially the monster bull that roared at my lord byshops gate.
Page 89 - Imbrown'd with native bronze, lo! HENLEY stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Page 249 - A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Page 90 - Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Page 195 - Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of a great artist loses all its spirit in the copy. Words are mutable and fleeting ; and the genius of poetry is often dissipated in translation. The compositions of music may remain, but the hand of execution may be wanting. Nature cannot decay ; the language of her interpreters will be the same in all times. It will be an universal tongue speaking to all countries, and all ages, the excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator.
Page 348 - The fame that a man wins himself is best ; That he may call his own : honours put to him Make him no more a man than his clothes do, Which are as soon ta'en off; for in the warmth The heat comes from the body, not the weeds ; So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds.
Page 252 - ... my sin hath blurred ; enlighten my understanding with thy truth; rectify my judgment with thy word; direct my will with thy spirit; strengthen my memory to retain good things; order my affections, that I may love thee above all things ; increase my faith ; encourage my hope; quicken my charity; sweeten my thoughts with thy grace; season my words with thy spirit; sanctify my actions with thy wisdom; subdue the insolence of my rebellious flesh ; restrain the fury of my unbridled passions; reform...
Page 272 - Collection were so well known in almost all parts of Europe. ' Afterwards it is observed that 'The books in general are in very fine condition, many of them bound in morocco, and russia leather, with gilt leaves.