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... ear , 1 " " 99 5 we have an interesting account in the Nativity Hymn in which the spheres are called upon to " bless our human ears , " if they have power to touch our senses so . ' The Apology for Smectymnuus contains a reference to ...
... ear , 1 " " 99 5 we have an interesting account in the Nativity Hymn in which the spheres are called upon to " bless our human ears , " if they have power to touch our senses so . ' The Apology for Smectymnuus contains a reference to ...
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... ears what the other is to the eyes ; for I conceive that as the eyes are appointed to look up at the stars , so are the ears to hear harmonious motions . . . There is a perfection which all knowledge ought to reach and which our pupils ...
... ears what the other is to the eyes ; for I conceive that as the eyes are appointed to look up at the stars , so are the ears to hear harmonious motions . . . There is a perfection which all knowledge ought to reach and which our pupils ...
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... ears ' ? ' The melody , ' replies he , ' which you hear , and which , though composed in unequal time , is nevertheless divided into regular harmony , is effected by the impulse and motion of the spheres themselves , which , by a happy ...
... ears ' ? ' The melody , ' replies he , ' which you hear , and which , though composed in unequal time , is nevertheless divided into regular harmony , is effected by the impulse and motion of the spheres themselves , which , by a happy ...
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English Music in the Seventeenth Century | 1 |
The Life of Milton as a Musician | 12 |
Milton and the Art of Music 28 | 57 |
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