 | John Moore - 1781 - 542 pages
...whatever. The fenfibility of fome of the audience gave me an idea of the power of founds, which the dulnefs of my own auditory nerves could never have conveyed...breath drawn in, with a prolonged figh, as if the foul was expiring in a torrent of delight. One young woman, in the pit, called out, " O Dio, dove fono !... | |
 | 1781 - 732 pages
...whatever. The fenfibility of fome of the audience gave me an idea of the power of founds, which the dulnefs of my own auditory nerves could never have conveyed...to my mind. At certain airs, filent enjoyment was exprefied in every countenance ; at others, the hands were clafped together, the eyes half ihut, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - 762 pages
...whatever. The fenfibility of fome of the audience gave me an idea of the power of founds, which the dulnefs of my own auditory nerves could never have conveyed...others, the hands were clafped together, the eyes half (hut, and the breath drawn in, with a prolonged figh, as if the foul was expiring in a torrent of delight.... | |
 | 1788 - 734 pages
...the dulnefs of my own auditory nerves could never hkve conveyed to my mind. At certain airs, nient enjoyment was exprefled in every countenance ; at...others, the hands were clafped together, the eyes half Ihut, and tin; b.-x-ath drawn in, with a prolonged figh, a* if the foul was expiring in a torrent of... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1797 - 822 pages
...applaufe, or murmurs of pleafure. " At certain airs," fays our author, " filent enjoyment was expreffed in every countenance : at others the hands were clafped...in a torrent of delight. One young woman in the pit cried out — " O God, where am I ! what pleafure ravifhes my foul '" Though the ferious opera is in... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 470 pages
...whatever. The sensibility of some of the audience gave me an idea of the power of sounds, which the dulness of my own auditory nerves could never have conveyed to my mind. At certain airs, silent enjoyment was expressed in every countenance ; at others, the hands were clasped together, the... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 476 pages
...whatever. The sensibility of some of the audience gave me an idea of the power of sounds, which the dulness of my own auditory nerves could never have conveyed to my mind. At certain airs, silent enjoyment was expressed in every countenance ; at others, the hands were clasped together, the... | |
 | 1792 - 656 pages
...was cxprefled in every countenance ; at others, the hands were dafped together, the eyes half (hut, and the breath drawn in with a prolonged figh, as if the foul was expiring in a torrent of delight. One young woman in the pit called out, 0 Dio, dovefono! chepiacer... | |
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The fenfibility of fome of the audience gave me an idea of the power of founds, which the dulnefs of my own auditory nerves could never have conveyed to my mind. At certain airs, filent... 