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 146
... heart , where they pitch at the doore , " whereupon the heart “ bendeth , 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 “ bendeth , 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 ...
Page 154
... heart , even though feeling itself does not occur there . And these old ideas encumbered his physiopsychological scheme . Since he did not admit the existence of a passage from ear directly to heart , and since he denied awareness of ...
... heart , even though feeling itself does not occur there . And these old ideas encumbered his physiopsychological scheme . Since he did not admit the existence of a passage from ear directly to heart , and since he denied awareness of ...
Page 154
... heart , even though feeling itself does not occur there . And these old ideas encumbered his physiopsychological scheme . Since he did not admit the existence of a passage from ear directly to heart , and since he denied awareness of ...
... heart , even though feeling itself does not occur there . And these old ideas encumbered his physiopsychological scheme . Since he did not admit the existence of a passage from ear directly to heart , and since he denied awareness of ...
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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