Excerpt from Philosophers and Actresses, Vol. 1 of 2 The air of this melancholy rondo, which throws Gaus sm into the arms of Plato, is as whimsical as the song. The lyre alternates with the tambourine, the mournful music with the gay roulade, the laugh With the sob. Yet these two tones at last meet and unite in the cry of regret, of passion or enthusiasm, as the two voices in Mozart's duets, one in mockery, the other in tears, mount together the end less scale of the gamut, and, at the last note, unite, em brace, fly ...
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Excerpt from Philosophers and Actresses, Vol. 1 of 2 The air of this melancholy rondo, which throws Gaus sm into the arms of Plato, is as whimsical as the song. The lyre alternates with the tambourine, the mournful music with the gay roulade, the laugh With the sob. Yet these two tones at last meet and unite in the cry of regret, of passion or enthusiasm, as the two voices in Mozart's duets, one in mockery, the other in tears, mount together the end less scale of the gamut, and, at the last note, unite, em brace, fly away and vanish in the heaven of the ideal. What is the use of this book It is the work of leisure hours - the best hours let it be to you, dear reader, the book of your leisure hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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