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... a murmuring noise , but no musical sound : as f , m , n , s , v , x , z ; that the soft g and consonant j are likewise of this kind ; and that r , though though accounted a liquid , only admits of a farling 16 ESSAY ON THE EUPHONY.
... a murmuring noise , but no musical sound : as f , m , n , s , v , x , z ; that the soft g and consonant j are likewise of this kind ; and that r , though though accounted a liquid , only admits of a farling 16 ESSAY ON THE EUPHONY.
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... kind of explosion , which considerably augments its force . The i , in English , as it is sounded in the word smile , and which is so peculiar to English mouths , seems a diphthong , compounded of e feminine , and y , or the Greek ...
... kind of explosion , which considerably augments its force . The i , in English , as it is sounded in the word smile , and which is so peculiar to English mouths , seems a diphthong , compounded of e feminine , and y , or the Greek ...
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... kind of Music .. In the same year , however , that Ariadne , set to Music by Jacobo Peri , was performed at Florence , there was a . sacred drama , oratorio , morality , or mystery , in Music , of the same kind , by Emilio del Cavaliere ...
... kind of Music .. In the same year , however , that Ariadne , set to Music by Jacobo Peri , was performed at Florence , there was a . sacred drama , oratorio , morality , or mystery , in Music , of the same kind , by Emilio del Cavaliere ...
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... kind of Cantilena ,, or melody , has been introduced in " dramatic representations , at all times , either in the form of inter- " mezzi ( interludes ) , between the acts ; or , occasionally , in the body and business of the piece . But ...
... kind of Cantilena ,, or melody , has been introduced in " dramatic representations , at all times , either in the form of inter- " mezzi ( interludes ) , between the acts ; or , occasionally , in the body and business of the piece . But ...
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... kind of flourishng academy where " the young nobility often assembled to pass their leisure hours in * laudable exercises and learned discourse : but particularly on mu- fical subjects , when it was the wish of all the company to reco ...
... kind of flourishng academy where " the young nobility often assembled to pass their leisure hours in * laudable exercises and learned discourse : but particularly on mu- fical subjects , when it was the wish of all the company to reco ...
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