Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650Rutgers University Press, 1962 - 292 pages The author traces the history of metaphysical ideas about music and explores the place of these in the poetry of Milton. |
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Page 109
... divine spirit , not withdrawal of soul or spirit , man was made celestial . He need not even have a harmonious soul ... divine rites . " This they did by means of " herbs , stones and aromas , which have in them a natural divine power ...
... divine spirit , not withdrawal of soul or spirit , man was made celestial . He need not even have a harmonious soul ... divine rites . " This they did by means of " herbs , stones and aromas , which have in them a natural divine power ...
Page 165
... divine " ; those inclined to the voluptuous life descend to " desire to touch " ; those inclined to the practical life are content with the pleasure of seeing or hearing . The soul , he wrote , " sees the images of bodies shining in it ...
... divine " ; those inclined to the voluptuous life descend to " desire to touch " ; those inclined to the practical life are content with the pleasure of seeing or hearing . The soul , he wrote , " sees the images of bodies shining in it ...
Page 252
... divine vestigie of harmony , she embraced these , from them recollected divine harmony , and tends and is allied to it , and as much as possible participates of it . " 21. John Case , Praise of Musicke ( London , 1586 ) , p . 40 . 22 ...
... divine vestigie of harmony , she embraced these , from them recollected divine harmony , and tends and is allied to it , and as much as possible participates of it . " 21. John Case , Praise of Musicke ( London , 1586 ) , p . 40 . 22 ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 |
| Author | Gretchen Ludke Finney |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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