Charles Auchester: A Memorial ...Hurst and Blackett, successors to H. Colburn, 1853 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... piano and watch their faces while they sang on Sunday evenings : my mother in a tremulous so- prano , with Fred's tenor , and the bass of a friend of his . This did not please me ; and here let me say , that musical temperament as ...
... piano and watch their faces while they sang on Sunday evenings : my mother in a tremulous so- prano , with Fred's tenor , and the bass of a friend of his . This did not please me ; and here let me say , that musical temperament as ...
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... piano had been a noble instrument , one of the first and best that displaced the harpsichords of Kirkman . Well worn , it had also been well used , and , when deftly handled , had still some delights extricable . It stood in our drawing ...
... piano had been a noble instrument , one of the first and best that displaced the harpsichords of Kirkman . Well worn , it had also been well used , and , when deftly handled , had still some delights extricable . It stood in our drawing ...
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... piano that stood to the left of the fireplace , in the only nook that was not books from floor to ceiling ; but the books began again over the piano . All this wood , so darkly striking the darkly striking the eye , had an inde ...
... piano that stood to the left of the fireplace , in the only nook that was not books from floor to ceiling ; but the books began again over the piano . All this wood , so darkly striking the darkly striking the eye , had an inde ...
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... piano , and those I bought with all the money I had several years ago . I dare say you think my house is pretty . Well , it was just as bare as a barn when I came here six months ago . I made the shelves ( the houses for my precious ...
... piano , and those I bought with all the money I had several years ago . I dare say you think my house is pretty . Well , it was just as bare as a barn when I came here six months ago . I made the shelves ( the houses for my precious ...
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... piano . He took down from the shelves that overshadowed it , three or four volumes in succession . At length , selecting one , he laid it upon the desk and opened it . I gazed in admiration . It was a splendid edition in score of ...
... piano . He took down from the shelves that overshadowed it , three or four volumes in succession . At length , selecting one , he laid it upon the desk and opened it . I gazed in admiration . It was a splendid edition in score of ...
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