... maids were ranged below the sofa to the number of twenty, and put me in mind of the pictures of the ancient nymphs. I did not think all nature could have furnished such a scene of beauty. She made them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately... Annual Register - Էջ 286խմբագրել է - 1764Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Jonathan Bellman - 1998 - 388 էջ
...janissary bands: Four [female slaves] immediately begun [sic] to play some soft airs on instruments, between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied...with their voices, while the others danced by turns. . . . Nothing could be more artful or more proper to raise certain ideas; the tunes so soft, the motions... | |
| William Oliver Strunk - 1998 - 1584 էջ
...them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately begun to play some soft airs on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices while the others danc'd by turns. The dance was very different from what I had seen before. Nothing could be more artful... | |
| Tullia Magrini - 2003 - 389 էջ
...and dance. Four of them immediately began to play some soft airs on instruments, between a lute and guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...turns. This dance was very different from what I had se[e]n before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raise certain Ideas. The tunes so soft!... | |
| Tullia Magrini - 2003 - 400 էջ
...and dance. Four of them immediately began to play some soft airs on instruments, between a lute and guitar, which they accompanied with their voices,...by turns. This dance was very different from what 1 had se [e] n before. Nothing could be more artful, or more proper to raise certain Ideas. The tunes... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 էջ
...them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately began to play some soft airs on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices, whilst the others danced by turns. I suppose you may have read that the Turks have no music but what... | |
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