...braced and contracted by the drying heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking along the banks of the Nile, happened to strike his foot against this shell ; and...pleased with the sound produced, that the idea of a lyre started into his imagination. He constructed the instrument in the farm of a tortoise, and strung...

...the drying heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking along the banks of the river,happened to stiike his foot against this shell, and was so pleased with...The first instrument he constructed was in the form a tortoise, and was strung with the dried sinews of dead animals. There is something beautiful in this...

...nothing remained within the shells but nerres and cartilages, and these being tightened and contracted by the drying heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking...in the form of a tortoise, and was strung with the dried sinews of dead animals. — There is something beautiful in this allegory, which leads us into...

...being tightened and contracted by the dry ing heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking along the banksof the river, happened to strike his foot against this...in the form of a tortoise, and was strung with the dried sinews of dead animals. — There is something beautiful in this allegory, which leads us into...

...banks of the river, happened to strike his foot against tais shell, and was so pleased with the wund produced, that the idea of the lyre suggested itself...was in the form of a tortoise, and was strung with dried sinews of dead animals. This fanciful mode of accounting for the origin of music is thus curiously...

...heat, became sonorous. ' See Dr. Turton's Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands, with plates. Mercury, walking along the banks of the river, happened...in the form of a tortoise, and was strung with the dried sinews of dead animals. There is something beautiful in this allegory, which leads us into a...

...tightened and contracted by the drying heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking along the banks of tile river, happened to strike his foot against this shell,...form of a tortoise, and was strung with the sinews of dried animals. It is probable that vocal music was practised, or at least that the ancients were acquainted...

...Bibliotheca, concerning the origin of the Gods, in twenty-four books, three only of which are now in being. sound produced, that the idea of the lyre suggested...form of a tortoise, and was strung with the sinews of dried animals." * This is the account given by Apollodorus ; though, judging from analogy, it might...

...nothing remained within the shell but nerves and cartilages, and these being braced and contracted by the drying heat became sonorous. Mercury, walking...pleased with the sound produced, that the idea of a lyre presented itself to his imagination. He therefore constructed the instrument in the form of...

...nothing remained within the shell but nerves and cartilages, which being lightened and contracted by the heat, became sonorous. Mercury, walking along the...form of a tortoise, and was strung with the sinews of dried animals."* This account is furnished by Apollodorus, a distinguished writer of Athens, who lived,...