 ... or the whole symphony, with artful and unimaginable touches, adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer; sometimes the lute, or soft organ-stop, waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which,...  Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c - Page 2551823Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...Organ-flop waiting on elegant Voices either to religious, material, or civil Dittjes ; which, if wife Men and Prophets be not extremely out, have a great Power over Difpofitions and Manners, to fmooth and make them gentle from ruftick Harfhneft and diftemper'd Pafiions.... | |
 | Peter Williams - 1785 - 374 pages
...Jolemn and divine Harmonies of Mufic, heard or learnt, recreate and compofe the fpirits, and, if wife Men and Prophets .be not extremely out, have a great power over difpofitions and manners, to fmooth and make them gentle from ruftic harfhnefs and .diftempered paffions... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...organ-ftop waiting on elegant voices either to religious, material, or civil ditties; which, if wife men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over difpofitions and manners, to fmooth and make them gentle from ruftic harflmefs and diftempered paffions.... | |
 | Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...composer; sometimes the lute or soft organ-stop jj waiting on elegant voices either to religious, moral, or civil ditties; which, if wise men and prophets...have a great power over dispositions and manners, and smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions. Milton. To dance sometimes... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...waiting on elegant Voices, either to religious, martial, >r civil ditties, which have power. »vcr dispositions, and, manners, to smooth and make them...gentle, from rustic harshness and distempered passions." Again — " He look'd, and saw a spacious plain, whereon . , Were tents of various hue ; by some were... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...organ flop waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which, if wife men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over difpofitions and manners, to fmooth and make them gentle from ruftic harfhnefs and diftempered paffions.... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...organ flop waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which, if wife men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over difpofitions and manners, to fraooth and make them gentle from ruftic harfhnefs and diftempered paffions.... | |
 | 1807 - 458 pages
...soft organ stop, waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties, which have power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and...gentle, from rustic harshness and distempered passions." — Tractate tf Education, Prose Workif Amst. Edit. Vol. it. p. 849. Surely this sentence abounds as... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...choice composer; sometimes the lute or softorgan stop waiting OH elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties ; which, if wise men and...gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions. The like also would not be unex? pedient after meat, to assist and cherish nature in her first concoction,... | |
 | 1810 - 492 pages
...soft organ stop, waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties, which have power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and...gentle, from rustic harshness and distempered passions." Tractate of Education, prate warlet, .-limn. Edit. vol. it. p. 849. by every Briton, only to be found... | |
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