 | 1803 - 456 ページ
...Advice. To gain but a moderate skill in music wastes so much of a young man's time, and engages him often in such odd company, that many think it much...esteemed for having an excellency in music, that amongst those things that ever come into the list of accomplishments, I think we may give it the last place.... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 492 ページ
...graceful carriage. § 197- Music is thought to have some affinity with dancing, and a good hand, Music. upon some instruments, is by many people mightily...in music, that amongst all those things, that ever came into the list of accomplishments, .1 think I may give it the last place. Our short lives will... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1818 - 862 ページ
...often in such odd company, that many, think it much better spared: and I have, among men of parts ana business, so seldom heard any one commended or esteemed for having an excellency in music, that among all the things that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think, I may give it the last... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 502 ページ
...nothing, farther than as it tends to perfect graceful carriage. § 197- Music is thought to have some Mugi affinity with dancing, and a good hand, upon some...in music, that amongst all those things, that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think I may give it the last place. Our short lives will not... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 498 ページ
...dances, I count that little or nothing, farther than as it tends to perfect graceful carriage. § 197. Music is thought to have some affinity with dancing,...in music, that amongst all those things, that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think I may give it the last place. Our short lives will not... | |
 | Samuel Walter Burgess - 1825 - 506 ページ
...into unsuitable society ; and he concludes with remarking, that among men of parts and business he has so seldom heard any one commended, or esteemed for having an excellency in music, that of all those things that can come into the list of accomplishments, he thinks he may give it the last... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 ページ
...often in such odd company, that many think it much better spared. And I have, amongst men of parts or business, so seldom heard any one commended or esteemed for having an excellency in musick, that, amongst all those things that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think 1 may... | |
 | Karl Ernst von Baer, Grigoriĭ Petrovich Helmersen - 1834 - 1250 ページ
...wastes so much of a young man's time, to gain but a nioderate skill in it that many think it much bcttcr spared: and I have, amongst men of parts and business, so seldom beard any one commeuded or esteemed forhaving an excellency in music, tJiat amongst all those things,... | |
 | 1836 - 432 ページ
...which demands so much time, before even a moderate proficiency can be attained, and—" it engages us often in such odd company, that many think it much...or esteemed for having an excellency in music, that of almost all those things that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think we may give it... | |
 | Schoolmaster - 1836 - 926 ページ
...which demands so much time, before even a moderate proficiency can be attained, and — " it engages us often in such odd company, that many think it much...or esteemed for having an excellency in music, that of almost all those things that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think we may give it... | |
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Music is thought to have some affinity with dancing, and a good hand, upon some instruments, is by many people mightily valued. But it wastes so much of a young man's time, to gain but a moderate skill in it; and engages often in such odd company, that... 
