The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... numbers ; and pro- bably the recollection of most readers will supply some from memory or obser- vation . Suffice it to say that HANDEL was as deeply religious in his mental ha- bits , 4 On the Moral Effects of Music .
... numbers ; and pro- bably the recollection of most readers will supply some from memory or obser- vation . Suffice it to say that HANDEL was as deeply religious in his mental ha- bits , 4 On the Moral Effects of Music .
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... reader who wishes to see a professional ana- lysis of this oratorio , written with great musical skill , is referred to page 70 of Dr. Burney's Account of the Commemoration of Handel . The account here formed to captivate the common ear ...
... reader who wishes to see a professional ana- lysis of this oratorio , written with great musical skill , is referred to page 70 of Dr. Burney's Account of the Commemoration of Handel . The account here formed to captivate the common ear ...
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... reader should , however , be forewarned , that there exists some doubt whether the name of the artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ascribed to Simonides , which affirms that the Colossus of Rhodes was not ...
... reader should , however , be forewarned , that there exists some doubt whether the name of the artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ascribed to Simonides , which affirms that the Colossus of Rhodes was not ...
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... reader's attention . DEMOPHON . OR , as the name is sometimes written , Damophon , is repeatedly mentioned by Pausanias . He was a most distinguished sculptor . The principal of his perform- ances were , the figures of Venus and Mercury ...
... reader's attention . DEMOPHON . OR , as the name is sometimes written , Damophon , is repeatedly mentioned by Pausanias . He was a most distinguished sculptor . The principal of his perform- ances were , the figures of Venus and Mercury ...
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... reader ; from the beginning of which latter I select the follow- ing translated passage . The learned William Bates , S. T. P. who was passionately addicted to polite lite- rature , collected together a great number of rare and curious ...
... reader ; from the beginning of which latter I select the follow- ing translated passage . The learned William Bates , S. T. P. who was passionately addicted to polite lite- rature , collected together a great number of rare and curious ...
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