 | 1821 - 724 страници
...that tavern music, which makes one man merry, another mad, in m« btrikta a deep fit of devotion," &c. memory, but as if present and incarnated in the music...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed. All this was to be had for five shillings. And over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 страници
...a piece of arras work, the whole of my past life, not as if recalled by an act of memory, but as if incarnated in the music ; no longer painful to dwell...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed.' In this state of exhilaration, he could find excellent matter of delight in the conversation of the... | |
 | 1822 - 658 страници
...chorus, &c. of elaborate harmony, displayed before me, as in a piece of arras-work, the whole of my past life ; not as if recalled by an act of memory,...its passions exalted, spiritualized and sublimed. All this was to be bad for five shillings And over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
 | 1836 - 744 страници
...Plato, that the soul is a harmony ; — but harmonica!, and hath its nearest sympathy unto music." longer painful to dwell upon, but the detail of its...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed. All this was to be had for five shillings ; and over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 368 страници
...Plato, that the soul is a harmony ; — but harmonica!, and hath its nearest sympathy unto music." longer painful to dwell upon, but the detail of its...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed. All this was to be had for five shillings ; and over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1847 - 270 страници
...chorus, &c. of elaborate harmony, displayed before me, as in a piece of arras work, the whole of my past life — not as if recalled by an act of memory,...some hazy abstraction ; and its passions exalted, spiritualised, and sublimed. All this was to be had for five shillings. And over and above the music... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 страници
...chorus, &c. of elaborate harmony displayed before me, as in a piece of arras-work, the whole of my past life, — not as if recalled by an act of memory,...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed. All this was to be had for five shillings. And over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 324 страници
...chorus, &c. of elaborate harmony displayed before me, as in a piece of arras-work, the whole of my past life, — not as if recalled by an act of memory,...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed. AH this was to be had for five shillings. And over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
 | GEORGE MOORE - 1852 - 466 страници
...excitation of the brain in modifying the enjoyment of music. He informs us that when fully possessed bv the delirium arising from a large dose of opium, he...of every instrument corresponds with some tone of human utterance, because it is the language of human passion, and is therefore capable of rousing that... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 290 страници
...act of memory, but as if present and incarnated in the music; no longer painful to dwell upon, bat the detail of its incidents removed, or blended in...its passions exalted, spiritualized, and sublimed. All this was to be had for five shillings. And over and above the music of the stage and the orchestra,... | |
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But this is a subject foreign to my present purposes: it is sufficient to say, that a chorus, &c., of elaborate harmony, displayed before me, as in a piece of arras work, the whole of my past life — not as if recalled by an act of memory, but as if... 
