The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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Page 957
... notes twined A wreath of tuneful song in woman's praise , The choicest ornament of revelling feasts , The most seductive charm ; a match for flutes * Or pipes ' shrill aid , or softly moving lyre : O Teian bard , your fame shall never ...
... notes twined A wreath of tuneful song in woman's praise , The choicest ornament of revelling feasts , The most seductive charm ; a match for flutes * Or pipes ' shrill aid , or softly moving lyre : O Teian bard , your fame shall never ...
Page 981
... notes , and letting their flutes be all out of tune , rushed upon one another in turn : and at the same time the choruses , all making a noise to correspond to them , and coming on the stage at the same time , rushed also upon one ...
... notes , and letting their flutes be all out of tune , rushed upon one another in turn : and at the same time the choruses , all making a noise to correspond to them , and coming on the stage at the same time , rushed also upon one ...
Page 984
... notes from sweetly - sounding sacred flutes , Rivalling the music of the Doric Muse , Embracing with his well - join'd reeds the breath Which fills the flute with tuneful modulation . 8. And Pratinas the Phliasian says , that when some ...
... notes from sweetly - sounding sacred flutes , Rivalling the music of the Doric Muse , Embracing with his well - join'd reeds the breath Which fills the flute with tuneful modulation . 8. And Pratinas the Phliasian says , that when some ...
Page 1014
... notes ; to which responded The well - struck strings of the soft Lydian pectis . 37. But some people raise a question how , as the magadis did not exist in the time of Anacreon ( for instruments with many strings were never seen till ...
... notes ; to which responded The well - struck strings of the soft Lydian pectis . 37. But some people raise a question how , as the magadis did not exist in the time of Anacreon ( for instruments with many strings were never seen till ...
Page 1160
... note the several sorts . But to the point : When I am call'd to serve a funeral supper , The mourners just return'd , silent and sad , Clothed in funereal habits - I but raise The cover of my pot , and every face Assumes a smile , the ...
... note the several sorts . But to the point : When I am call'd to serve a funeral supper , The mourners just return'd , silent and sad , Clothed in funereal habits - I but raise The cover of my pot , and every face Assumes a smile , the ...
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