 | English literature - 1806 - 1016 pages
...artificial harmony of a bats, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tune» rio not need, and are rather confused than aided by it....this with me. I have more than once seen tears of p'ea:••::•.• in the eyes of his auditors, and yet, I think, even his playing those tunes would... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 454 pages
...recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused...please more, if he gave them less modern ornament *. * That these observations are dictated by good taste, we may presume from their agreement with the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my1 opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused...it. Whoever has heard James Oswald play them on his violincello, will be less inclined to dispute this with me. I have more than once seen tears of pleasure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...aeeompanying parts. This support, in my ipinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather eonused than aided by it. Whoever has heard James Oswald play them on his violoneello, will be less inlined to dispute this with me. I have more than onee seen tears of pleasure... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - Statesmen - 1849 - 178 pages
...recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused...it. Whoever has heard James Oswald play them on his violincello, will be less inclined to dispute this with me. I have more than once seen tears of pleasure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1856 - 634 pages
...harmonie n'est qu'une invention gothique at barbare, dont nous ne nous fussions jamais avisés, ai nous fusion, the old tunes do not need, .and are rather...those tunes would please more, if he gave them less modem ornament. I am, &,c. B. FRANKLIN.* sions die" plus sensibles aux ve"ritables beaute"s de Part,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1859 - 680 pages
...recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused than aided by it Whoever has heard 'Jame* Oswald play them on his violincello, will be less inclined to dispute this with me. I have more... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 652 pages
...qu'une invention gothique ït barbare, dont nous ne nous fussions jamais avisés, si nous fu» ion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused than aided by it. Whoever has heard James Oswald piay them on his violoncello, will .be less inclined to dispute this with me. I have more than once... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Literary Criticism - 1899 - 554 pages
...recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused...please more, if he gave them less modern ornament." The inventing faculty is seldom to be found united with a business one; yet Franklin was not merely... | |
 | 1899 - 1010 pages
...recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused...more than once seen tears of pleasure in the eyes tion of postmaster of Philadelphia, "accepted it readily, and found it of great advantage; for, tho'... | |
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Most tunes of late composition, not having this natural harmony united with their melody, have recourse to the artificial harmony of a bass, and other accompanying parts. This support, in my opinion, the old tunes do not need, and are rather confused... 
