Dr Burney's Concerts (1832) [ Practices / People ]
… a cultivated and high-bred character, is, I believe, with her brother, our minister at Petersburgh. “Hettina, Mr. Burney, and our noble selves, bring up the rear. “There was a great deal of conversation previous to the music. But as … 14] “My father was in excellent spirits, and walked about from one to another, giving pleasure to all whom he addressed. “As we had no violins, basses, flutes, &c., we were forced to cut short the formality of any overture, and to … composer. Every body seemed to be struck, nay enchanted: and charmed into such silence of attention, that if a pin had dropt, it would have caused a universal start. “I should be ashamed not to give you a more noble metaphor, or simile, or …
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