Dr Burney's Concerts (1832) [ Practices / People ]
… 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 have caused a universal start. “I should be … come to our next music meeting. Or if it needs must cling to you, and come also, who knows but that music, which has “‘Charms to sooth the savage breast, To soften rocks, and bend a knotted oak—’ may have charms also, To soften Gout, and Un bend Knotted Fingers?” … "The simplicity of the entertainment had, probably, its …
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