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... performed by treading it with the naked feet . + From a passage in Juvenal , who wrote in the first century of the Christian æra , it seems , that earthenware was then made in great plenty in Egypt . " Hac sævit rabie imbelle et inutile ...
... performed by treading it with the naked feet . + From a passage in Juvenal , who wrote in the first century of the Christian æra , it seems , that earthenware was then made in great plenty in Egypt . " Hac sævit rabie imbelle et inutile ...
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... performed the work required by Benedict , but instructed the English in the art of making window glass for themselves , also glass for lamps , and other uses . THE PORTLAND VASE . The famed Barbarine , or Portland Vase , which we read ...
... performed the work required by Benedict , but instructed the English in the art of making window glass for themselves , also glass for lamps , and other uses . THE PORTLAND VASE . The famed Barbarine , or Portland Vase , which we read ...
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... performing them individually . Upon this ( having a ge- nius for mechanics ) I conceived the idea of constructing an instru- ment , which might imitate all those with which I was acquainted , and even the human voice . I endeavoured to ...
... performing them individually . Upon this ( having a ge- nius for mechanics ) I conceived the idea of constructing an instru- ment , which might imitate all those with which I was acquainted , and even the human voice . I endeavoured to ...
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... performed in the house of Signior Corsi , in 1597 , with great applause ; and this seems the true era , whence we may date the Opera , or Drama , wholly set to music , and in which the dialogue was neither sung in measure , nor ...
... performed in the house of Signior Corsi , in 1597 , with great applause ; and this seems the true era , whence we may date the Opera , or Drama , wholly set to music , and in which the dialogue was neither sung in measure , nor ...
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... performed in England , was Arsinoc , in 1705. An English ver- sion , set to music by Thomas Clayton , one of the royal band , in the reign of William and Mary , was then presented . The translation was bad , and the music execrable ...
... performed in England , was Arsinoc , in 1705. An English ver- sion , set to music by Thomas Clayton , one of the royal band , in the reign of William and Mary , was then presented . The translation was bad , and the music execrable ...
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