 | 1865 - 846 страници
...says " Music is certainly a very agreeable entertainment ;'' and "at present, our notions of music are so very uncertain that we do not know what it is we like." Now Signor Arditi has met these remarks in an extraordinary manner. In the first place, his concert... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 страници
...quarter than Plato has done, who banishes it out of his commonwealth. At present, our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do not know what it...transported with any thing that is not English; so it be of a foreign growth, let it be Italian, French, or High-Dutch, it is the same thing. In short,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 страници
...quarter than Plato has done, who banishes it out of his commonwealth. At present, our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do not know what it...transported with any thing that is not English ; so it be of a foreign growth, let it be Italian, French, or High-Dutch, it is the same thing. In shcrt,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 страници
...quarter than p\ato has done, who banishes it out or hls commonwealth. At present, our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do not know what it is we like ; onjV) m generai) we are transported with any thing that is not English ; so it be of a foreign growth,... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - 1880 - 206 страници
...quarter 7 than Plato has done, who banished it out of his commonwealth. At present our notions of music are so very uncertain that we do not know what it...we like : only in general we are transported with anything that is not English, so it be of a foreign growth ; let it be Italian, French, or High Dutch,... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - 1881 - 208 страници
...quarter7 than Plato has done, who banished it out of his commonwealth. At present our notions of music are so very uncertain that we do not know what it...we like : only in general we are transported with anything that is not English, so it be of a foreign growth ; let it be Italian, French, or High Dutch,... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 392 страници
...hearing Sense, if it would exclude Arts that have a much greater Tendency to the Refinement of Human Nature; I must confess I would allow it no better...transported with any thing that is not English* So it be of foreign Growth, let it be Italian, French, or High'Dutch, it is the same thing* In short,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 страници
...quarter than Plato has done, who banishes it out of his commonwealth. At present our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do not know what it...we like ; only, in general, we are transported with anything that is not English : so it bo of a foreign growth, let it be Italian, French, or High Dutch,... | |
 | William Henry Hadow - 1902 - 386 страници
...supporter of the Italian opera. His criticism of the English taste that ' at present our notions of music are so very uncertain that we do not know what it is we likej only, in general, we are transported with any thing that is not English ; so it be of a foreign... | |
 | 1906 - 578 страници
...quarter than Plato has done, who banishes it out of his commonwealth. At present, our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do not know what it...High-Dutch, it is the same thing. In short, our English music is quite rooted out, and nothing yet planted in its stead. When a royal palace is burnt to the... | |
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At present our notions of music are so very uncertain, that we do not know what it is we like ; only, in general, we are transported with any thing that is not English : so it be of a foreign growth, let it be Italian, French, or High Dutch, it is the... 
