Dr Burney's Concerts (1832) [ Practices / People ]
… a great deal of conversation previous to the music. But as the party was too large for a general chatterment , every body that had not courage to stroll about and please themselves, was obliged to take up with their next neighbour. What … she performed it, raised a general murmur of applause. “Mr. Harris inquired eagerly the name of the composer. Every body seemed to be struck, nay enchanted: and charmed into such silence of attention, that if a pin had dropt, it would …
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