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 68
... things , which is a task for our intellectual powers alone ; that over - complicated music " leaves the spirituall faculties un- touch'd " ; and that the ideal lies in " a sober mediocritie and grave mixture of Tune with Ditty . " It is ...
... things , which is a task for our intellectual powers alone ; that over - complicated music " leaves the spirituall faculties un- touch'd " ; and that the ideal lies in " a sober mediocritie and grave mixture of Tune with Ditty . " It is ...
Page 111
... things ... as a certain string stretched out , to the lowermost things of all , of which string if one end be touched , the whole doth presently shake , and such a touch doth sound to the other end . This spirit , which is warm and ...
... things ... as a certain string stretched out , to the lowermost things of all , of which string if one end be touched , the whole doth presently shake , and such a touch doth sound to the other end . This spirit , which is warm and ...
Page 140
... things , binding , moving , and filling all things .... It immediately receives into it self the influencies of all Celestiall bodies , and then com- municates them to the other Elements . " " Robert Fludd de- fined air as “ the ...
... things , binding , moving , and filling all things .... It immediately receives into it self the influencies of all Celestiall bodies , and then com- municates them to the other Elements . " " Robert Fludd de- fined air as “ the ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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