Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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Page 85
... heart from the purest part of the blood . " The spirits were the " median " between soul and body ; by means of spirits , soul controlled body and all sense impressions reached the soul . They could even leave the body and return again ...
... heart from the purest part of the blood . " The spirits were the " median " between soul and body ; by means of spirits , soul controlled body and all sense impressions reached the soul . They could even leave the body and return again ...
Page 86
... heart , enter the ear and pene- trate the imagination , mind , and heart of the listener : Since song and sound arise from the cogitation of the mind , the impetus of the phantasy , and the feeling of the heart , and , together with the ...
... heart , enter the ear and pene- trate the imagination , mind , and heart of the listener : Since song and sound arise from the cogitation of the mind , the impetus of the phantasy , and the feeling of the heart , and , together with the ...
Page 146
... heart , where they pitch at the doore , " whereupon the heart " ben- deth , either to prosecute it , or to eschewe it . " In fear the heart first contracts and forces the spirits out , whereupon nature , to succor it , sends to it heat ...
... heart , where they pitch at the doore , " whereupon the heart " ben- deth , either to prosecute it , or to eschewe it . " In fear the heart first contracts and forces the spirits out , whereupon nature , to succor it , sends to it heat ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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