 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 страници
...absorbing sentiment which was afterwards destined to overwhelm and subdue his nature quite for Alice W n. I even think that sentimentally I am disposed to harmony....incapable of a tune. I have been practising " God save the J&ng" all my life ; whistling and humming of it over to myself in solitary corners ; and am not yet... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 248 страници
...absorbing sentiment which was afterward destined to overwhelm and subdue his nature quite for Alice W n. I even think that sentimentally I am disposed to harmony....incapable of a tune. I have been practising " God tone the King " all my life ; whistling and humming it over to myself in solitary corners ; and am... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 страници
...thine ear— lend thine ear, for its language is song, a. • CHARLES KISFALUDY — Hound of Kong. Sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony, But organically I am incapable of a tune. 6. LAMB — A Chapter on Ears. Music is in all growing things; And underneath the silky wings Of smallest... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 страници
...lend thine ear— lend thine ear, for its language is song. a. CHARLES KISFALUDY — Sound of ¿tony. Sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony, But organically I am incapable of u time. b. LAMB — Л Chapter on Ears. Music is in all growing things ; And underneath the silky wings... | |
 | 1883 - 122 страници
...horse ! my kingdom for a horse." NEFF. " Yond ' Calvin ' has a lean and hungry look." PORTERFIELD. " Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune." ROBB. " Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?" SCHRODER. " I... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 страници
...dead, the sweet musician ! ***** He has moved a little nearer To the Master of all music. (Longfellow. Sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony, But organically I am incapable of a tune. (Lamb. Such music (as, 'tis said,) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...Vacalum. A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game. 3frt. Battle't Opinion* on Whltt. Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune. A Chapter on Ear*. Not if I know myself at all. The Old and New Schoolmaster. It is good to love the... | |
 | John Murray (professor of elocution.) - 1887 - 156 страници
...may exist undeveloped. When Elia tells us in these words, " I have no ear. I have been practicing ' God save the King ' all my life; whistling and humming...arrived, they tell me, within many quavers of it," besides the quiet laugh which we suspect him of raising at his own expense, we will take him at his... | |
 | 1887 - 616 страници
...straight, highly finished, and made of the finest Brazil wood. CAN everybody sing ? Charles Lamb said, " Sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony; but organically, I am incapable of a tune." Many persons are like him — or think they are — in this respect, while, on the other hand, there... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 246 страници
...absorbing sentiment which was afterward destined to overwhelm and subdue his nature quite for Alice W n. I even think that sentimentally I am disposed to harmony....incapable of a tune. I have been practising " God tare the King" all my life; whistling and humming it over to myself in solitary corners; and am not... | |
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I even think that sentimentally I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune. I have been practising 
