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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... voice , with them , is the symbol of beauty ; and so nice a discerner is a blind person of the accents of speech , that through the voice he fancies he can see the soul . From this idea they form notions of character that often lead ...
... voice , with them , is the symbol of beauty ; and so nice a discerner is a blind person of the accents of speech , that through the voice he fancies he can see the soul . From this idea they form notions of character that often lead ...
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... voice of man is endowed with this purity of tone in a higher degree than any of the vocal animals , by which , in a state of nature , it enables him to communicate with his fellows at a distance very remote . † Providence has bestowed ...
... voice of man is endowed with this purity of tone in a higher degree than any of the vocal animals , by which , in a state of nature , it enables him to communicate with his fellows at a distance very remote . † Providence has bestowed ...
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... voice , in proportion to their size , ten times greater than that of an adult . In a state of nature this serves them as a defence and protection , for it is well known that infants have , by their screams , alarmed and kept off the ...
... voice , in proportion to their size , ten times greater than that of an adult . In a state of nature this serves them as a defence and protection , for it is well known that infants have , by their screams , alarmed and kept off the ...
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... VOICE . THE human voice , in its tone and accent , is un- questionably the most pure and sonorous of any which distinguish the vocal animals . In those countries where 26 26 THE VOICE . -The Voice.
... VOICE . THE human voice , in its tone and accent , is un- questionably the most pure and sonorous of any which distinguish the vocal animals . In those countries where 26 26 THE VOICE . -The Voice.
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... voice is restricted and escapes with difficulty . * Greece and Italy , those far - famed countries , which have been the admiration of the world for their mild and beautiful climate , have been ever famous for the vocal art . Under a ...
... voice is restricted and escapes with difficulty . * Greece and Italy , those far - famed countries , which have been the admiration of the world for their mild and beautiful climate , have been ever famous for the vocal art . Under a ...
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The Music of Nature: Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and ... William Gardiner Visualização integral - 1849 |
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