 that I think we have much to learn from the ancients; for if we are to judge their instruments by the appearance they make in marble, there is not one that is comparable to our violins ; for they seem, as far as I can make out, all to have been played...  John Inglesant: A Romance - Page 232by Joseph Henry Shorthouse - 1884 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
...in marble, there is not one string-instrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on, either by the bare fingers, or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 530 pages
...in marble, there is not one string-instrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on, either by the bare fingers, or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1830 - 274 pages
...in marble, there is not one string-instrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on either by the bare fingers or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1853 - 684 pages
...in marble, there is not one string-instrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on, either by the bare fingers, or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1853 - 684 pages
...in marble, there is not one string-instrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on, either by the bare fingers, or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 688 pages
...in marble, there is not one string-instrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on, either by the bare fingers, or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 pages
...in marble, there is not one stringinstrument that seems comparable to our violins, for they are all played on, either by the bare fingers, or the plectrum, so that they were incapable of adding any length to their notes, or of varying them by those insensible swellings... | |
 | Joseph Henry Shorthouse - 1881 - 404 pages
...when, in the dawn of the March mornings, she saw John Inglesant waiting for her on the marble steps. It is true that she thought the Cavaliere Inglese...to our modern music. And as far as I can see, their stringed instruments must have had very low and feeble voices from the small proportion of wood used... | |
 | Joseph Henry Shorthouse - 1881 - 316 pages
...whispered; " have you no request that I may make to him, nothing for your children, or your wife?" And with his eyes fixed upon the western horizon the...to our modern music. And as far as I can see, their stringed instruments must have had very low and feeble voices from the small proportion of wood used... | |
 | Joseph Henry Shorthouse - 1881 - 408 pages
...King," he said ; "have you no request that I may make to him, nothing for your children, or your wife ?" And with his eyes fixed upon the western horizon the...to our modern music. And as far as I can see, their stringed instruments must have had very low and feeble voices from the small proportion of wood used... | |
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