The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and Pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking, and Performing Upon Musical Instruments, is Derived from the Sounds of the Animated WorldLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 - 505 páginas |
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... distance of two hundred yards , though not perceptible to any bystander . Miners , in boring for coal , can tell by the sound what substance they are penetrating ; and a recent discovery is that of applying a listen- ing - tube to the ...
... distance of two hundred yards , though not perceptible to any bystander . Miners , in boring for coal , can tell by the sound what substance they are penetrating ; and a recent discovery is that of applying a listen- ing - tube to the ...
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... distances , and that even in the midst of noise , which we should have thought would have overpowered such effects . Rabbits , when alarmed , forcibly strike the earth with their feet , by the vibration of which , they communicate their ...
... distances , and that even in the midst of noise , which we should have thought would have overpowered such effects . Rabbits , when alarmed , forcibly strike the earth with their feet , by the vibration of which , they communicate their ...
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... distance , than those which are more loud and noisy . If we go on the outside of a town during a fair , at the distance of a mile , we hear the musical instru- ments ; but the din of the multitude , which is over- powering in the place ...
... distance , than those which are more loud and noisy . If we go on the outside of a town during a fair , at the distance of a mile , we hear the musical instru- ments ; but the din of the multitude , which is over- powering in the place ...
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... distance very remote . † Providence has bestowed * When Barthelemon led the Opera , connoisseurs would go into the gallery to hear the effect of his Cremona violin , which at this distance predominated greatly above all the other ...
... distance very remote . † Providence has bestowed * When Barthelemon led the Opera , connoisseurs would go into the gallery to hear the effect of his Cremona violin , which at this distance predominated greatly above all the other ...
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... distance , though the whole proceeds only from himself . The natural qualities of the voice are as various as they are innumerable . We seldom meet with two alike . The key or pitch of voices is also very dissimilar ; they are generally ...
... distance , though the whole proceeds only from himself . The natural qualities of the voice are as various as they are innumerable . We seldom meet with two alike . The key or pitch of voices is also very dissimilar ; they are generally ...
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The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and ... William Gardiner Visualização completa - 1849 |
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